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Summary: Courageous & Inspiring......................................
Review: This should be a story that every mother watches with her daughter. Well children cause my children and I love it. Of course they like that it's animated, there's singing not to mention talking animals. BUT for me it's a strong and courageous story, in which a young woman realizes that she has to assume responsibility for her family!
Mulan is now a young woman it's time to be a wife. Her visit with the matchmaker is the worse. The matchmaker tells her that she will never bring her family honor.
The Huns are attacking China. Every village needs to send a male to represent their family. Unfortunately Mulan is and only child.
Instead of allowing her father the only man in her family to go Mulan disguises herself as a man to help her family and her country. Her ancestors send a dragon in an effort to bring her back in order not to disgrace them. In boot camp, she's learning to fit in with the other soldiers. Mushu (voice of Eddie Murphy) a wise cracking dragon becomes her helpful sidekick. Mulan at times is barely able to maintain her secret. BUT through all of her struggles we see as Mulan learns that she doesn't have to be perfect.
As they come face to face with The Huns we see as they work as a team. I love that Mulan isn't all looking for a man and needs one to define her! Although it's obvious that she is attracted to Shang.
This is such a powerful story filled with determination not to mention the vibrant colors. I can't wait for part II.
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Summary: "You don't meet a girl like that every dynasty!"
Review: Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook's "Mulan" helped break a string of misfires from the famed Disney animation studio. It does not rank high in the pantheon of the Magic Kingdom's library of classics due to its weak songs and villains, but Disney's time-tested combination of a strong heroine, amusing animal sidekicks, and bumbling supporting characters works well enough once more to provide a good time. To help fend off the invading Hun army, a Chinese girl named Mulan (Ming-Na) changes her appearance to pass as a boy in order to take her father's place in the Emperor's army. She suffers through the training for the new recruits but develops feelings for Shang (B.D. Wong), the captain in charge of her. Soon Mulan is thrust into the heat of battle but with the help of a lucky cricket, a dragon named Mushu (Eddie Murphy), and some colorful comrades-in-arms, she manages to save the kingdom, preserve her family's honor, and find true love. The one glaring weakness of "Mulan" is its songs. The musical score from Jerry Goldsmith is great but the individual songs are forgettable. "Reflection" is the only song that you can hum along to. All of the rest of them are lackluster and limp. This is too bad because, as "The Little Mermaid" (1989), "Beauty & the Beast (1991), "Aladdin" (1992), and "The Lion King" (1994) have proved, quality songs can greatly enhance one's enjoyment of a film. Furthermore, the Huns are woefully underdeveloped as villains. They are simply portrayed as one-dimensional thugs who show up to help push the story along. Yet, Mulan's positives outweigh its negatives in the final count: the animation is great, Murphy provides ample comic relief, the film moves at a brisk pace, and Mulan herself is vividly defined. Certainly the Chinese heroine makes a worthy addition to Disney's honor roll of characters.
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Summary: Mulan
Review: You can't help but love this movie. when a girl will go against all she knows and kick butt. can't help but love that. plus with a little romance at the end. its something every disney fan needs and would love!
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