"Brave" (presented in nonessential 3D at most locations) is reminiscent of "Brother Bear" (2003), one of Disney's last "traditional" animated features, in which an Inuit boy is turned into a bear.
First off, “Brave” reminded me way too much of “Brother Bear.”
What happens next is reminiscent of a less successful Disney film, “Brother Bear,” in which an Inuit boy is changed into a bear because the spirits were angry with him.
Recycling old tricks, the film ineffectually splices ideas from Disney’s Brother Bear with classic Beauty and the Beast redemption and a focus on parents and kids from Pixar’s Finding Nemo.