Mulan

Mulan (1998)

  • 86% of critics liked it
    (73 reviews)

  • 78% of users liked it
    (535,394 ratings)

Disney's cross-cultural retelling of a popular Chinese folk tale about a peasant girl who disguises herself as a man and takes her ailing father's place in the emperor's army turns the traditional fairy tale ending on its head. This time, the princess rescues the prince.

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Jun 19, 1998 Wide
Buena Vista

Critic Reviews

  • Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

    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.

  • Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

    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.

  • Todd McCarthy, Variety

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

  • Derek Adams, Time Out

    Using richly hued, angular animation, this vibrant, action-filled Disney offering is immensely entertaining.

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    A disappointment for anyone hoping the studio would raise the standard of the animated feature to a new level.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Alice S


    The last Disney princess movie before the late oughts' The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, and Brave. This was as close as we got to a no-frills "princess" with no love interest (Shang actually only stays for dinner at the end :~P), and it all holds up better than… More

  • Michael E


    While I find it strange Disney would tackle a chinese style film, I find it just flat out incredible how well it is done. It is said that this film took 7 years to make making it the Disney film that had taken the longest to make and it really shows incredibly well. Mulan is a very… More

  • Matthew Samuel M


    The film is entertaining and quite exciting at times, yet it offers some of the weakest music written for a Disney film (Reflection being the exception). But what helps the film soar is the humor woven into the at times bland plot.

  • Manu G


    This time, the princess saves the prince. Good Disney Movie! Great story and typical great Disney ending. Enjoy! Mulan is a girl, the only child of her honored family. When the Huns invade China, one man from every family is called to arms. Mulan's father, who has an old wound… More

  • Film C


    I love mulan, you can never really forget the original timeless classics that even todays kids willl very much enjoy, and the dragon voiced by Eddie Murphy is brilliant! very amusing!

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