

The flaming curly-haired Merida is the apple of her father’s eye.

Also the first time Pixar has traveled back in time to days of yore, Andrews ices the cake with all the fantasy and imagination we have come to expect from Disney fairy tales, while grounding BRAVE with life lessons and one of the most endearing mother-daughter journeys we have seen on screen in many a year. Raising Pixar’s already astronomically high bar for level of excellence even higher, writer/director Mark Andrews and co-writers/directors Steve Purcell and Brenda Chapman, take us into the mystical, magical world of ancient Scotland to a time of kilts and Celts, celebrating its famed beauty and fabled lore with stunning visuals, a strong confident story and a Scottish Princess named Merida – the first female protagonist to grace Pixar’s palette. Such is not the case here, however, with Pixar’s 13 th animated feature, BRAVE. For many, the number 13 often bodes a negative connotation and is considered to be “unlucky”.
