Disney Pixar’s Brave Movie Review – Are You Going To See It?

At the end of this week, the new Disney Pixar movie Brave is released in theaters. I had the privilege of seeing it during a preview at a screening last week at the Studio Movie Grill theater.  I brought my kids and my mother along with me and we had a lovely time.

First, the theater is awesome. You sit down in your seats and are presented with a menu. Each seat has a tray attached to it as well as a cup-holder in the front portion of the armrest. Your server approaches and you order your meal. All the while, your server is punching in your order on a special phone app and someone in the back has begun to put it together. Within a few minutes, other staff members bring your drinks and shortly thereafter, your meal. And because I know you’re wondering – yes, popcorn is one of the appetizers.

In my opinion, Brave is not for the littlest of kids. The story is a good one – a feisty princess who wants to live a life paved by her own choices seeks to find that permission. Her mother, who was raised with ideas of what a queen should be, tries to teach her daughter what she needs to know. And anyone who has a teenage daughter, had a teenage sister or was a teenage girl knows that we women don’t like to be told what to do.

In the end, trouble ensues, but the movie has a great lesson. Everyone needs to give a little and that you will appreciate other people if you can get a good glimpse at their life.

The three little princes and the king make for some hysterical moments. They are funny! But there is a “bad guy” and in this story he comes in the form of a bear. I don’t want to ruin anything for you, but while the bear and his story is explained, the information goes right over the heads of the little ones. My children had no idea what was going on.

In the end, my three-year-old spent the first half a little nervous (although I’m not sure why – I think she’s just three) and my six-year-old spent the last half in my lap with his eyes covered.  That said, my six-year-old is very sensitive and doesn’t like the possibility of violence or fighting, so it wasn’t for him. That isn’t to say that it’s not for your child! Just know that the sensitive ones might get a little nervous.

All in all, this was a good film. I thoroughly enjoyed it and even though I had to eat my dinner one-handed (since the other one was holding someone the entire movie), it was a fantastic experience. And just for the record, on the way home my son told me that we HAD to buy it. Six year olds!