The Disneyfication of a Chinese Legend

Rating: 7/10 (19 January 2020)

The animation of Mulan is what you would expect from Disney adapting a Chinese legend - i.e. being a film that features cute animal sidekicks and kid-friendly humour.
Mulan has a positive message about a girl who wants to save her father's life from being conscripted and ends up becoming the saviour of China. There is the growth of her relationship with her war comrades see her as a liability and ends up loving her. There were powerful moments like when Mulan's father accepts his conscription papers and practices with his sword despite being frail health. "I'll Make a Man out of You" was a great musical number.
But the film does not stand up as well against some of the other films from the Disney Renaissance because it relied more on slapstick humour than some of the other films from the period.
It is an enjoyable but minor offering from the House of Mouse.