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09/01/08
Mulan (1998)
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Reviews Counted:69
Fresh:60
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: Disney fashions a modern-day icon of girl power with its animated adaptation of the 2,000-year-old Chinese folktale MULAN. When barbarous Huns attack ancient China, the fiercely independent Mulan... [More]
Starring: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, Miguel Ferrer, B.D. Wong
Director: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
Reviews for Mulan
Top CriticUsing richly hued, angular animation, this vibrant, action-filled Disney offering is immensely entertaining.
06/24/06
Top CriticThis is uplifting and often very funny, thanks to a genius turn by Eddie Murphy.
01/01/00
Top CriticA welcome reminder that some in the studio system still allow kids' pictures to be made which are good, which are true, and give them the freedom to dream.
01/01/00
Overall, this is a lovely film, ranking with the best of Disney's animated features while taking on rather serious issues of war, honor, gender roles and family pride.
10/18/08
No review available.
10/18/08
What's terrific about Mulan is its reaching for emotions that other movies run from: family love and duty, personal honor and group commitment, obedience and ingenuity.
09/01/08
Top CriticGoes about halfway toward setting new boundaries for Disney's, and the industry's, animated features, but doesn't go far enough.
09/01/08
Top CriticFemale heroes permeate most of Disney's animated movies, but this is the first time they've given her real strength.
02/24/06
This is the best Disney animated feature, ever (involving extensive use of cross-dressing).
12/06/05
Continues Disney's dominance of the animation field with its solid, assured story-telling, good main and supporting characters and superior craftsmanship.
04/09/05
In the end, Mulan isn't bad - it's just mediocre, which is particularly disappointing given its Disney pedigree.
01/31/05
remains squarely in the realm of family entertainment, but it's lush and effective as such (if a little more violent than usual)
10/31/04
Neither fish nor fowl, though it certainly leans towards foul
10/28/04
A fascinating and artistically animated movie that's worth seeing more than once.
10/27/04
To its credit, Mulan does strive to present its characters as something more than potential Happy Meal toys.
10/27/04
The animators have clearly done their research, but while the film’s cultural specificity isn’t distasteful per se, it’s still pretty soulless.
10/16/04
A great family film, suitable for almost any age.
03/16/04
The folks at Disney prove that clothes -- and little else -- make a man, and do so with extraordinary style.
07/30/03
not exactly a ground-breaker, but if 'Mulan' is just one more repackaging of the Disney formula, it's certainly one of the more attractive packages
07/02/03
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