Meaning: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. Synonyms: barbarous; cruel; fell; savage; vicious; brutal; roughshod. Context examples: a barbarous crime / brutal beatings / cruel tortures / Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks / a savage slap / vicious kicks. Similar:
The film was extremely successful on release in 2001 and it helped establish DreamWorks as a prime competitor to Disney and Pixar in the field of feature film animation, particularly in computer animation.
Bolt was produced by the Pixar chief creative officer and director, John Lasseter, and was the first movie to be distributed in Digital 3-D. The movie received very positive reviews from critics, often cited as one of the few Disney animations that can compete to Pixar.