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Brave (2012)

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Change your fate.

Overview

In the mystical Scottish Highlands, Merida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Merida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently brings turmoil to the kingdom. In an attempt to set things right, Merida seeks out an eccentric old Wise Woman and is granted an ill-fated wish. Also figuring into Merida's quest — and serving as comic relief — are the kingdom's three lords: the enormous Lord MacGuffin, the surly Lord Macintosh, and the disagreeable Lord Dingwall.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Kelly Macdonald

    Merida (voice)

  2. Cast 1

    Emma Thompson

    Elinor (voice)

  3. Cast 1

    Billy Connolly

    Fergus (voice)

  4. Cast 1

    Julie Walters

    The Witch (voice)

  5. Cast 1

    Robbie Coltrane

    Lord Dingwall (voice)

  6. Cast 1

    Kevin McKidd

    Lord MacGuffin / Young MacGuffin (voice)

  7. Cast 1

    Craig Ferguson

    Lord Macintosh (voice)

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    Peigi Barker

    Young Merida (voice)

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    Steve Purcell

    The Crow (voice)

I enjoyed Brave but it wasn't without a few flaws. First of all, I never felt like there was much meat to the story. It was enjoyable sure, and had some good morals and family values but I never felt like I was invested in the main characters. Stuff just seemed to happen. Secondly, and this isn't as much the movies fault as perhaps the marketing that surrounded it, but it was actually a very different movie than I thought it was going to be. I discovered that it's hard to break those pre-conceptions as I kept thinking the story was going somewhere else than it did. Brave was at its be...