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52 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMulan is a spirit lifter, and though it doesn’t arrive as planned, it could not arrive at a better time.
- 91The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezAn epic coming of age journey with scale and spectacle, and rousing heart, Mulan, is a triumph and essentially boils down to a wholehearted tale of feminine resolve, proving the boys wrong and making a father proud while being true to one’s self. That sounds a little simplistic, but Caro’s movie has surprising layers, of color, contour, and shade to shape her magnificent new empowering fairy tale.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperBeautiful. Even on the small screen. Yes, it’s a shame that American audiences won’t be able to see Niki Caro’s spectacular live-action epic “Mulan” in theaters, but the good news is this is such a great-looking film, with amazing set pieces and dazzling action and colors so vibrant they would dazzle a Crayola factory, it will still play well on your home monitor.
- 80IGNIGNDisney’s live-action Mulan is a confident blend of old and new, hiding a familiar heart under action-packed armor.
- 80EmpireEmpireNiki Caro’s boldly reimagined, battle-laden saga belies its Disney status and spotlights the multifaceted star power of Liu Yifei. The result is a live-action remake done right.
- 75The Film StageChristopher SchobertThe Film StageChristopher SchobertInterestingly, of all Disney’s recent live-action adaptations, Mulan is probably the one that would have benefited most from the big screen.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreI adored the animated Mulan, but the best I can say for this one is it’s pretty enough, and watchable. Whatever they market-researched and committee-scripted into this, I wanted something with more heart, better action and at least a hint of fun.
- 60SlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiSlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiWhat Mulan does suffer from is the absence of the levity that the musical elements would have brought. Mulan is serious verging on dour, so bent on presenting itself as a serious war drama that its rare moments of comedy feel almost awkwardly slotted in.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterInkoo KangThe Hollywood ReporterInkoo KangDespite all the splendor, there’s little sense of vision.
- 25Slant MagazineSam C. MacSlant MagazineSam C. MacWalt Disney’s Mulan remake perfunctorily recycles the worst aspects of the 1998 animated version and roundly fails to convincingly execute the few deviations that it does attempt.