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Inventive and Delightful, “Brave” Is Fun

Thu, 06/28/2012 - 10:01am
Movies: ‘Brave’
By
Jenny Hansell
A princess in full swing in “Brave”

Reinventing fairy tales and princess stories to have a strong heroine is nothing new. Merida, the spunky, independent princess in “Brave,” insists she doesn’t want to marry one of the dopey princes she’s being presented with, but that’s not where the film breaks new ground. The innovation is in its depiction of Merida’s mother, and the relationship between the two of them.

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