“Brave” is a spirited Scottish-accented romp that packs female empowerment into a generally amusing tale of youthful impulsiveness and its consequences. “Destiny - it’s the one thing we search for, or fight to change.” Her mother,Queen Elinor (voiced by Emma Thompson), may insist “We can’t just run away from who we are.”īut as Merida narrates, her fate should be her own. She has duties, obligations, an arranged marriage to endure. Princesses have evolved from sailor-obsessed mermaids to Merida, a spunky, self-assured lass who’d rather eat an arrow than take up with some guy her parents point her way.

Pixar’s first “Disney Princess” completes the evolution of the studio’s distinctly American take on young womanhood. “A princess does not chortle.”īut here’s the one that makes the fiery redheaded archer snap. “A princess does not doodle,” her mother lectures in a light Scottish burr. Too many for Disney’s newest princess, the Scottish heroine Merida in “Brave” to remember. There are so many rules for a Disney princess.

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