As the studio’s only original film during a five-year stretch, the film shoulders the weight of masterpiece expectations. After a two-year span of nothing but sequels – and a year before we get the first ever Pixar prequel – Brave arrives with big shoes to fill. For all the memorable Pixar characters that have inevitably spawned sequels, the digital giant’s original films have, for the better part of almost 20 years in the feature filmmaking business, represented a continual boundary-pushing verve, from Finding Nemo to Ratatouille to WALL-E to Up. Original content has long been Pixar’s bread-and-butter. …this is possibly the most beautiful of all Pixar movies, with bright colors, lush landscapes, and a fluidity of movement rarely seen even in CG animated epics. Yet for all its technological and gender progression, Brave almost feels like it’s sliding backwards, since its positive aspects are in service of a weak story.
It is also the first Pixar film to showcase a female protagonist. That is not to say it is the worst to the contrary, this is possibly the most beautiful of all Pixar movies, with bright colors, lush landscapes, and a fluidity of movement rarely seen even in CG animated epics. With that in mind, I want to say it is with honest consideration and great frustration that I submit this monumental declaration: Brave is the most disappointing Pixar film ever made. Monumental declarations are our stock-in-trade, for better or worse. We critics often speak in hyperbole, be it in the positive or the negative. Genre: Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | FantasyĮditor’s Notes: For an additional perspective on Pixar’s Brave, check out Julian Wright’s review. Cast: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompsonĭirector: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell
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