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06/24/06
Mulan (1998)
90 %
Reviews Counted: 51 Fresh: 46 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 7.9/10
Runtime: 88 mins
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 (voiced by Ming-Na Wen) defies tradition by disguising herself as a man in order to take her... [More]
Genre: Childrens
Starring: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, Miguel Ferrer, B.D. Wong, Soon-Tek Oh
Director: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
Screenwriter: Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders, Philip Lazebnik, Raymond Singer, Dean DeBlois, Eugenia Bostwick-Singer
Story: Robert D. San Souci
Producer: Pam Coats
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith, Matthew Wilder
Screenwriter: Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders, Philip Lazebnik, Raymond Singer, Dean DeBlois, Eugenia Bostwick-Singer
Story: Robert D. San Souci
Producer: Pam Coats
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith, Matthew Wilder
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01/01/00
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Female heroes permeate most of Disney's animated movies, but this is the first time they've given her real strength.
02/24/06
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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
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
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12/31/03
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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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