![]() The main problem is that Merida craves adventure but "Brave" limits her to mother-daughter psychodrama. Like her well-meaning but domineering mother, Queen Elinor (a wonderful Emma Thompson), the movie doesn't quite know what to do with this girl. Her three directors and many writers cram her into a narrative that no boy would stand for, and Merida resists them at every turn. There's a reason this spirited tomboy with the lovingly animated orange-red hair and the lively voice of Kelly Macdonald ("Gosford Park") keeps flopping around with such exasperation. Merida, a princess of the mystical Scottish highlands, has not only the archery skills of Katniss Everdeen in " The Hunger Games" but the parent-stopping pout of Bella Swan in "Twilight." She sulks with a brogue - "Ach, Mom!" - but her eye-rolling and tantrum-throwing are universal. ![]() A new teenage heroine swoops into theaters this weekend in "Brave," Pixar's first female-centric feature.
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