Very good, but not classic.

Rating: 7/10 (8 April 2004)

Mulan is just about Disney's last really good 'classically animated' style movie (at the time of writing). The whole thing has a pleasing, mildly intoxicating atmosphere to it. There are scenes of considerable emotional impact, mixed with sufficient comedy and adventure, and some really nice landscape shots. Eddie Murphy, though slightly annoying as the salamander-thing, has not at this stage developed into the outright annoying animated voice-over artist which would come with Shrek.
The film could have strayed into irritating political correctness (G.I. Jane in Ancient China), but it pretty much manages to avoid this. If you can put up with the silly American accents used for Chinese characters, I'd recommend Mulan. Particularly in a visual sense, it has the feeling of a traditional oriental painting at times.
I'd sooner watch this than anything by Disney I've seen since (though nearly most of them have been at least alright)