Friday’ openings redux: Be ‘Brave,’ young princess

Most everything I posted Monday about Friday's movie openings is correct — except for including the week's selection in Disney's "Dream Big, Princess" marathon. To that end, the film is:

"Brave" (2009): Determined to forge her own future, Princess Merida (voice by Kelly Macdonald) breaks with tradition and attracts a curse. To break free, she must be … well, the title says it all.

Here are some critical comments:

Variety: " 'Brave' offers a tougher, more self-reliant heroine for an era in which princes aren't so charming, set in a sumptuously detailed Scottish environment where her spirit blazes bright as her fiery red hair."

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: "The animation studio's first film with a female protagonist, a defiant lass who acts as a much-welcome corrective to retrograde Disney heroines of the past and the company's unstoppable pink-princess merchandising."

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: "Merida may be a headstrong heroine, a feisty animated hybrid who calls to mind Katniss Everdeen, Bella Swan, and the neo-fairy-tale protagonist who faces off against her evil stepmother in 'Snow White and the Huntsman.' But she is also, for safety's sake, a nice girl in a pretty green dress who loves her family and believes in dynasty."

Make sure to bring your tiara.