Some people just love a good Scottish fairy tale, with accents bouncing around the scene, one rolled “r” after another. Well, you’ll find me in the audience of any such story. Brave had me from the start.

Set in Scotland in some medieval age in a kingdom far in the wilderness, Brave tells the epic tale of one Merida, a princess with the most vibrantly red and curly hair. It’s more than a tale of a princess finding her prince—in fact, the princes (or suitors) are seldom seen—and instead this film spins the story of a girl being told what to do every day of her life.

Finding solitude and happiness while riding her horse through the sensationally beautiful countryside and shooting her bow with impeccable marksmanship, Merida will do anything she can to stop her mother from arranging her marriage.

Merida exclaims that the suitors must compete in an archery challenge, knowing full well that she’ll knock the kilt off of any suitor that claims to wield a bow. And sure enough, our very own Princess Merida arrives in her dress with her bow in hand and hits bulls eyes straight down the line.

But the Queen Mother is adamant. Merida will be married! Says she. But as I said, Merida will do anything to prevent this.

She’ll even make a bargain with an enchanted witch: a witch who conjures a mystical cake telling Merida to feed it to her mother and her fate will change.

It’s an age-old story: princess doesn’t like her mom, she finds a witch, the witch gives her a magical poison pastry, mom eats it and turns into a bear. Merida has two days to find a way to turn her mother back to her normal human self!

Gallivanting about through the forest to escape the king’s murderous attempts at the bear, Merida and her mother experience a wonderful bond and forge a new relationship, one that will go down in the legends, no doubt.

Exhilarating accents abounding in this highly active adventure make for not a dull moment in its 100 minutes of plot. Coming to the stage and lending their Scottish accents to their animations are Billy Connolly (Boondock Saints), Kelly MacDonald (No Country For Old Men), Emma Thompson (Love Actually) and Julie Walters (Harry Potter—all of them). It’s a wonderful adventure fraught with perils and will not disappoint. I award this movie four stars out of five.