I'm China tell you something

Rating: 6/10 (4 October 2017)

The story of Hua Mulan is probably not that well known outside China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, so most of the world will very likely only know Disney's adaptation. The title character is admirable enough, refusing to conform to traditional gender roles. My favorite character was Mushu, given an over-the-top personality by Eddie Murphy.
Around the time that it got released, I remember reading about people of Asian descent who were unhappy with some of the depictions in "Mulan". I suspect that every movie has something that can come across as insensitive. Overall, the movie is enjoyable enough. As usual, I didn't pay much attention to the songs, instead concentrating on the action.
The rest of the cast includes B. D. Wong (Dr. Wu in "Jurassic Park"), June Foray (voice of Rocky the Squirrel) and George Takei (indelible as Sulu on "Star Trek", he later wrote a Broadway musical about the internment of the Japanese people in the US during WWII).