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Mulan (1998) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Mulan (1998) a score of 3.1065 out of 4

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Film Freak Central

If Disney's animated features can be reduced to a stable of alternating boy movies and girl movies, then the studio's decision to make the cross-dressing fable Mulan at a juncture when they really needed mass approval (that is, after striking out ...read the complete Mulan movie review at Film Freak Central

Plugged In

The title character in Mulan is sweet, smart, strong, noble--and the most modest heroine to inhabit a Disney cartoon since Beauty and the Beast. Forget Pocahontas' hourglass figure, Jasmine's midriff, Megorah's come-hither charm, and cleavage that made ...read the complete Mulan movie review at Plugged In

Mutant Reviewers From Hell

My offspring might consider it nosiness, laziness, the hovering threat of censorship or (hopefully) quality time, but I watch a lot of television and movies with them. Sometimes it's fun (VeggieTales), sometimes it's educational (I learned the lyrics to ...read the complete Mulan movie review at Mutant Reviewers From Hell

Greg Dean Schmitz

I went into Mulan with high expectations, due mostly to the sweeping ads we've been seeing for months, and my own hopes that Disney could make an animated movie that didn't talk down to the audience, and I wasn't disappointed. Mulan matches all ...read the complete Mulan movie review at Greg Dean Schmitz

Nick Amado

It had seemed to me that the folks at Disney had a rather interesting pattern developing in their feature animation department. Every other year produced a good film. Since 1989, Disney Animation has (with the exception of 1993) produced a full-length ...read the complete Mulan movie review at Nick Amado

Tail Slate (Michael Sheridan)

Clearly, Mulan was structured to be similar to Aladdin. Both take place in a foreign country in the past. Both are steeped in the legends of those cultures. However, where Mulan differs is that it seems to utilize the culture it is depicting more than ...read the complete Mulan movie review at Tail Slate (Michael Sheridan)

Brilliant Observations on 1492 Films (Clayton Trapp)

My first reaction to an ancient Chinese drama driven by weak pop music isn't entirely positive. Then I settle back and figure that it's written for children-and how many of them are going to go on to become venerable scholars of that ancient era anyway? ...read the complete Mulan movie review at Brilliant Observations on 1492 Films (Clayton Trapp)

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