Brave (2012)
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Variety
Brave offers a tougher, more self-reliant heroine for an era in which princes aren't so charming, set in a sumptuously detailed Scottish environment where her spirit blazes bright as her fiery red hair.
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New York Magazine (Vulture) David Edelstein
In addition to being fast, funny, and unpretentious, Brave is a happy antidote to all the recent films in which women triumph by besting men at their own macho games.
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Village Voice Melissa Anderson
The animation studio's first film with a female protagonist, a defiant lass who acts as a much-welcome corrective to retrograde Disney heroines of the past and the company's unstoppable pink-princess merchandising.
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Merida may be a headstrong heroine, a feisty animated hybrid who calls to mind Katniss Everdeen, Bella Swan, and the neo-fairy-tale protagonist who faces off against her evil stepmother in "Snow White and the Huntsman." But she is also, for safety's sake, a nice girl in a pretty green dress who loves her family and believes in dynasty.
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The Hollywood Reporter Todd McCarthy
Visually stunning and strongly voiced, but doesn't take any real risks.
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Salon Andrew O'Hehir
Moms and girls everywhere deserve this movie, absolutely, and I hope they have a great time. But they also deserve much more, and much better.
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Arizona Republic Bill Goodykoontz
You won't find a lot of jaw-dropping elements in Brave. But what you will find is really well-done.
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Slant Magazine
Pixar's latest ultimately offers nothing more than a caricature of a well-worn conceit.
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Boxoffice Magazine
There's no denying the film's refrain that legends are lessons, but Brave is sadly remedial.
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Time Out Keith Uhlich
This isn't the NASCAR-fellating cash grab that is the Cars franchise, but it's still Pixar on preachy autopilot.
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