![]() ![]() It's questionable how kids view animated characters as role models, but here goes:.WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: G For not containing material to warrant a higher rating. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? If they like animated Disney films, the answer is yes. As ever greater dangers and obstacles appear, Mulan must deal not only with them, but with the fact that Shang and the others might eventually discover that she's really a young woman. ![]() Wong, singing by Donny Osmond) as well as fellow recruits Chien-Po (voice of Jerry Tondo), a gentle giant, Yao (voice of Harvey Fierstein), a hothead who immediately has it in for Mulan, and Ling (voice of Gedde Watanabe).Įventually, her smarts and determination prove she's a worthy soldier, and their small army sets out to find and battle the Huns. There, and using the alias, Ping, she meets the dashing young Captain, Shang (voice of B.D. Mushu (voice of Eddie Murphy) a tiny, jive-talking dragon and ancestral outcast, secretly sets out to watch over Mulan, and is accompanied by her diminutive good luck cricket, Cri-Kee.Īrriving at the training camp, Mulan, with some assistance and comic suggestions from Mushu, sets out to prove her worth, albeit as a man. Worried about this new threat to the family's honor, the ancestral spirits get together and decide they must send a guardian to protect Mulan. Donning her father's armor, she then joins the Army. Knowing that his participation will surely lead to his death, Mulan cuts her hair and dresses like a young man. She gets a chance, however, when her father, despite his fragile health and advanced age, agrees to serve in the Army. Unfortunately, Mulan's free-spirited nature doesn't quite fit with the traditional, cultural characteristics needed to be a bride. She's the only child of Fa Zhou (voice of Soon-Tek Oh), who desperately wants her to marry to bring honor to their family. His aide, Chi Fu (voice of James Hong), then sets out to round up this army and arrives in a distant village, the home of a young woman by the name of Mulan (voice of Ming-Na Wen, singing by Lea Salonga). Thus, China's Emperor (voice of Pat Morita) declares that one man from every family must serve in the Imperial Army to repel the invading Huns. PLOT: In imperial China, the ruthless Hun leader, Shan-Yu (voice of Miguel Ferrer), and his army have launched an invasion across the Great Wall. QUICK TAKE: Children's/Animated: Disguised as a man, and to prevent her father from having to go to war, a young Chinese woman joins the Army to fight the invading Huns. (1998) (voices of Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy) (G) ![]()
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