It looks like an epic fantasy about a rebel with a cause.īut as per usual, Pixar’s marketing is a work of misdirection.
Pixar has marketed Brave as a story about a spirited young princess who talks back to society, charts her own course, takes on the boys at their own games, and shoots arrows with the precision of Robin Hood. Perhaps the marketing led them to expect something different. Perhaps they didn’t get the movie they were anticipating. Even the great Roger Ebert spells out most of the movie’s plot twists. But many who have reviewed Pixar’s new movie have revealed the film’s biggest and best surprises. That sounds like strange advice from a critic, I know.
Please avoid reading reviews of Brave before you see it for yourself. Web Feature Posted JA Brave New Fairy Tale By Jeffrey Overstreet ( mother/daughter movie: Merida and her mother, Queen Elinor, clash in Brave.