Family life can sometimes be tough, especially if your family has a public reputation to uphold. Often, it’s the kids who feel it the most, whether chafing under the demands of their parents, or being unfairly judged by the outstanding performance of their siblings. The former sums up the plot of Brave, the latter the public impression of Brave the film as it compares to the other highly successful productions of Pixar Animation Studios. It’s a great movie, but it’s in such stellar company that the shine’s been taken off it.
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