second only to Beauty and the Beast

Rating: 9/10 (1 December 1998)

this film is second only to Beauty and the Beast for Disney. I first went to the film very reluctantly, because I hated Anastasia and had heard that Mulan was this huge feminist flick, but my girlfriend wanted to go so I had to. Now don't go thinking I am just some sexist pig, but i didn't want to see a film in which i didn't like the heroine, which happened in Anastasia, and i think most guys share my opinion on that. but after the first few minutes i was blown away. i loved the art and Eddie Murphy did a fantastic job as the comic relief. funny yet not detracting from the story's importance. sure there were many dumb common sense things that were inconsistent in the film (China has LOTS of people in it, after all, they built that wall with sheer numbers, you think they would be able to come up with a little bigger army...) but that doesn't matter in the story. overall i think it was beautifully done and truly one of the great Disney films.