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List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $19.99 You Save: $10 Features • Anamorphic • Animated • Closed-captioned • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Special Edition • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 1998 DVD Release : 26 October, 2004 |
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Mulan (Special Edition) description Solid entertainment from a new group of Disney animators. The story source is a Chinese fable about a young girl who disguises herself as a man to help her family and her country. When the Huns attack China, a call to arms goes out to every village, and Mulan's father, being the only man in the family, accepts the call. Mulan (voiced by Ming-Na Wen, sung by Lea Salonga) has just made a disastrous appearance at the Matchmaker and decides to challenge society's expectations (being a bride). She steals her father's conscription notice, cuts her hair, and impersonates a man to join the army. She goes to boot camp, learning to fit in with the other soldiers with some help from her sidekick, Mushu, a wise-cracking dragon (voiced by Eddie Murphy). She trains, and soon faces the Huns eye-to-eye to protect her Emperor. The film is gorgeous to look at, with a superior blend of classic and computer-generated animation. Directors Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook make the best of it: a battle in the snowy mountains is as thrilling as the best Hollywood action films. The menacing Huns are not cute but simple and bad. The wickedness is subtle, not disturbing. The film is not a full-fledged musical, as it has only five songs (the best, "Be a Man," is sung during boot camp). Eddie Murphy is an inspired choice for the comic-relief dragon, but his lines are not as clever as Robin Williams's in Aladdin. These are minor quibbles, though. The story is strong, and Mulan goes right to the top of Disney animated heroines; she has the right stuff. --Doug Thomas |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Strong female character in Mulan |
| I believe this is the only Disney film where the main heroine isn't beguiled by love of a man to feel complete. Not only that, but she doesn't scream feminist antics all over the place (like the annoying Jasmine in Aladdin). Mulan shows that duty, honor and love of family and country, are very important. I love showing this film over and over to my daughter because of this. The fact that Mulan grows from an insecure clumsy and demure girl, to the hero of China, is a great story in its unfolding. I love the artistry of the film and how all the backgrounds and nature look like Asian watercolor artwork. The music is great, especially "Reflection" (the radio version of this song put Christina Aguilera's name on the map), and is beautifully sung by Broadway star Leah Salonga. Donny Osmond also has a great song and many of the characters are voiced by popular Asian actors. This is a very fine film and very underrated in the Disney array of animated features. I would like to see more non-European Disney heroines in animated films. Perhaps an African heroine, or a Japanese heroine. That's another reason I like this film so much. | |
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