The Vidiot Reviews...

Rating: 6/10 (14 November 2012)

Brave The hardest part of being brave is finding someone wide enough to stand in front of you as you go and be valiant. However, the maiden in this animated-adventure doesn't need a human shield to be heroic; she has a bow. Furious over her mother Queen Elinor's (Emma Thompson) choice to marry her off to an allied clan, Merida (Kelly Macdonald) seeks a witch's spell to prevent her from doing so. Unfortunately the hex changes the Queen into a bear. Worse, the transformation will remain if Merida doesn't make amends with her mother before sundown. Meanwhile, her father (Billy Connolly) prepares for battle with his former friends. While the animation's striking and the mother/daughter dynamic commendable, the sorcery subplot is convoluted and detrimental to the story. During this recession, however, a mother shouldn't force her daughter to wed a man of her choosing, but, instead, two men of her choosing. (Yellow Light)