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intereact!Directors: Barry Cook, Tony Bancroft
Actors: Miguel Ferrer, Harvey Fierstein, Freda Foh Shen, June Foray, and James Hong
Rated: G (General Audience)
Retail Price (not our price): $29.99
Release Date: 1999-11-09
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Run Time: 88 minutes
Format: Array
Format: AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 1
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
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
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) Good [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This product was in the exact condition I was told it would be in, and it arrived in good time. I enjoy buying products from Amazon, becuase I know that the quatily is always above average, and that if there was a problem, Amazon would take action!2) disney at his best [Rating: 5 out of 5]
my niece wore out her vhs tape, it broke from watching this movie. she is now 17 and asked for the dvd. she loved it when she saw it in the movies. excellent story line.3) great service [Rating: 5 out of 5]
the dvd was perfect, we ordered very close to Christmas and it was delivered in two days. WOW!!!!!!4) one of my favorite animated films [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I watched this for the first time when I was very short of choices in regards to entertainment. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the movie was well-written and the musical numbers extremely charming. I found the bad guys suitably evil and the animation well-done. This version has some excellent background information on an alternate title sequence and some other bits and pieces on deleted scenes and that sort of thing. Definitely worth having.5) Mulan [Rating: 3 out of 5]
While not one of my favorites as a Disney movie lover/collector this is a good movie and fun to watch. This movie is more for the teenagers to sit and watch. The voice/character of Eddy Murphy was a great choice for an dragon with an attitude. Fun to watch.