Quick Overview

Disney’s Mulan is very much a western/ American movie, made for western and American- not Asian- audiences. No, they “didn’t get it right”; or, not exactly. But I never expected them to, and I give them a good deal of credit for trying. They came quite a bit closer that I ever thought that they would. Nor do I find this movie overly feminist (no more than Snow White or Cinderella are “chauvinist”). Mulan may be a strong female character, but she is not Aladdin’s Princess Jasmine. Mulan is not defined by rebellion, nor by what she rejects. Instead she upholds her sense of honor as she struggles to find out who she is and where she fits in. Moreover, in a genre known for its blatant ad nauseum boy-meets-girl love themes, I truly appreciated the downplayed understatedness of the “interest” between Mulan and Captain Shang.

Main Features:

Actors: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong, Lea Salonga, June Foray
Directors: Barry Cook, Tony Bancroft
Writers: Alan Ormsby, Anonymous, Barry Johnson, Burny Mattinson, Chris Sanders
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Unknown), Spanish (Unknown)
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number of discs: 2
Studio: Walt Disney Video
DVD Release Date: October 26, 2004
Run Time: 88 minutes