Brave

Brave

Starring: Kelly McDonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, and every other Scottish actor in the business except Gerard Butler. :P
Director: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell

I've been busting to see this ever since I first saw the trailer some months back. If it's Scottish or remotely celtic in anyway, I'm generally a sucker for it and this didn't dissapoint.


Merida is a wild child and is bursting at the seems to be free from the constraints of her mother, Queen Elinor, who has groomed her from an early age to be a Princess. But Merida is more like her father in so many way, strong, fierce and independant and hungry for adventure

But her sense of adventure leads her to the cottage of a witch in the woods who leads Merida into thinking a spell will change her fate, but things obviously go horribly wrong and that's where the real adventure begins.

Set in the Highlands of Scotland, the music alone transports you to one of the most magical places I can imagine, and it has made me hungier for our trip!

The colour from the very beginning is rich and mystical and our heroine, Princess Merida, takes centre stage with her flaming red and unkempt hair.

The celtic knots and kilts were fantastic and hearing such legendary voices as Billy Connolly as King Fergus was the icing on the cake for me.

My husband and son didn't like it because they believe that Pixar has gone downhill and just can't get that magic back..............I disagree.

This movie was truly magical for me, be it Pixar or not. The scene where she stands amongst the stone circle for the first time was amazing and I'm glad I saw it on the big screen.

But, as with all my movie reviews, they are MY opinion and everyone has different taste. I recommend this movie for all ages though as it was truly wonderful.