Mesmerizing

Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2019)

24 June 2012. Both visually even in 2-D and substance, Brave depicts a mesmerizing eyeful of dazzling and clear animation along with focused mother-daughter relational storyline and surprisingly intense action that offer not one but two climatic scenes. Brave has the intensity and emotional connectivity of The Lion King (1994) and exquisite texture and animated detail as well as the storyline perfectly suited to animation of Bolt (2008).
Brave offers a rare mother-daughter storyline in a format and a magical way that is both a treat and creative and bold presentation. Found in other genres such as horror in Dark Water (2005), family drama in Georgia Rules (2007) the relational element of Brave makes this movie a stand out. With good editing, good script that includes plenty of humor and the American penchant for individualism, all of it comes together is an entertaining and captivating summer animated action movie for children (with elements of violence).