Mulan came in at just the right time. This progressiveness would be worthless if the film itself wasn’t anything special on the surface, but it is thankfully epic in scale, exciting, and dramatically stirring.

Full Review | Jun 18, 2024

The eponymous character’s arc still resonates with many people today: a journey of proving one’s self-worth, family, and breaking stereotypes. Visually, it has a cinematic feel that no other Disney animated flick owns.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jul 24, 2023

It's a fast-paced story laced with catchy tunes and occasionally startling animation. Eddie Murphy delivers a knockout performance as the voice of her sidekick.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jun 20, 2023

Mulan is a groundbreaking film in many ways.

Full Review | Original Score: A+ | Mar 8, 2023

While inferior to both “Hunchback” and “Beauty and the Beast,” “Mulan” is a fun film, a exciting and breathtaking film that gives little girls a great role model and the strongest Disney heroin ever.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 26, 2022

Mulan was a revolutionary risk for Disney, but this ageless adventure still strikes a chord with audiences all these years later, as a flawless feminist fable that stands the test of time.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 1, 2022

Mulan is a solid effort and remains one of the most relevant films in Disney history.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Aug 28, 2022

Only when local cultural traditions die can Disney sell its brand of glossy nostalgia...

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jun 16, 2022

What sets Mulan apart is that it is both one of the funniest and one of the darkest Disney films.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 30, 2021

Mulan is a well-animated tale that can still inspire.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Mar 30, 2020

...the show tunes and sidekicks are largely unnecessary.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 27, 2020

Even though Mulan is a brave, strong hero, her motivation for entering the army has nothing to do with her own ambitions and everything to do with serving patriarchy (represented by her father and her emperor).

Full Review | Feb 26, 2020

The backdrops are also beautifully drawn with a watercolor flair. There are a lot of little touches like that which help it feel rich and textured.

Full Review | Original Score: A | May 7, 2019

Disney animation depends on captivating music, powerful villains, and effective comic relief, and Mulan has all three.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Mar 29, 2016

What is chiefly impressive is that the appropriation of Chinese iconography in a film that was plainly made by Western animators feels ultimately so natural and successful.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 3, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 18, 2008

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.

Full Review | Oct 18, 2008

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.

Full Review | Sep 1, 2008

Goes about halfway toward setting new boundaries for Disney's, and the industry's, animated features, but doesn't go far enough.

Full Review | Sep 1, 2008

From the first scene onwards, you know you're in good hands.

Full Review | Sep 1, 2008