Brave

Brave was the second movie I ever saw in the movie theater. I went with my mom.
The movie is a mother-daughter movie.

Merida is a teenager aged Scottish girl who loves to ride her horse and do archery. She is a princess and her mom wants her to be a real lady. Merida would rather ride her horse and do archery. Merida doesn't want to get married. Her mom wants her to.

Merida's dad is the leader of the four clans and her mom wants Merida to marry one of the sons of the clansmen. So the mom organizes a contest with the three other clans. The person who wins gets to take Merida's hand in marriage. So Merida competes in the archery contest and wins her own hand in marriage! Her mom is really, really mad!

Merida is mad, too! So she runs away, finds a witch and asks the witch to make a potion to change her mom. Merida bakes a tart and puts the potion inside. Merida's mom eats the potion tart and turns into a bear! 

And just like that a new adventure starts.

The rest of the movie is about Merida trying to change her mom back into herself. The witch gives some hints of how to fix her mom but Merida has a hard time figuring out the clues.

There is also a scary bear that Merida and her mother and all the clansmen have to fight. Some of the parts with the bad bear are really intense. But it's a really good movie.

I learned that you should learn to work together with your mom even if you have a hard time trusting each other. 

Railey's Rating: Two thumbs -WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY up!

Railey Recommends: The movie is rated PG. There are some really intense parts with the scary bear so it is probably best for third graders and older.

Railey's mom says: As with all movies it is up to your parents what you can and can not watch. This movie was okay for our 8 year old but not so much for our 6 year old or our 3 year old.