Fun fact: Mulan was my favorite Disney movie when I was a kid. I saw it twice in the movie theater; but, does it hold up?

Let’s find out:

So we start off by meeting Shan Yu (voiced by a fantastic Miguel Ferrer), and…

Am… am I the only one that likes Shan Yu as a villain?

Anyway, Shan Yu attacks the Great Wall of China.

We then meet Mulan (voiced by a fantastic Ming-Na Wen). Mulan lives with her parents (Fa Zhou (voiced by a fantastic Soon-Tek Oh) and Fa Li (voiced by a fantastic Freda Foh Shen)) and her grandmother (Grandmother Fa (voiced by a fantastic June Foray)).

Anyway, Fa Li and Grandmother Fa are trying to prep Mulan to meet a matchmaker and we get Honor to Us All.

Anyway, Mulan’s meeting with the matchmaker is a disaster and we get Reflection. Fa Zhou is drafted for the war, Mulan takes his place, and…

The montage where Mulan is taking her father’s place for the war is beautiful.

Anyway, we then meet Mushu (voiced by a fantastic Eddie Murphy).

Mulan arrives at the camp and we meet:

 Yao (voiced by a fun Harvey Fierstein)

Ling (voiced by an excellent Gedde Watanabe)

Chien-Po (voiced by a fun Jerry Tondo)

Captain Li Shang (voiced by a fantastic BD Wong)

and we get the awesome I’ll Make a Man Out of You.

We then reunite with Shan Yu, who discovers a little girl’s doll. He says that the doll came from an area where an army is, he’s planning to use that area to get to the emperor and he mockingly says that he’s going to give the little girl her doll back, and…

If I know Shan Yu like I think I do, he’s going to replace that little girl’s doll with Chucky.

We then reunite with Mulan and we get the mandatory male characters undress in front of their “male” friend/male characters try to get their “male” friend out of their clothes scene that is always in these types of movies (see also Yentl, Motocrossed)

We then get A Girl Worth Fighting For.

We then see the mountain village that Shan Yu attacked and we discover that Shang’s father (General Li (voiced by the fantastic James Shigeta)) is dead.

We then see how big the Hun army is, and…

This scene was impressive when I first saw it in the theaters and this scene is impressive now.

Anyway, Mulan causes an avalanche and the avalanche wipes out most of the Hun army. Khan (Mulan’s horse) saves her and Mulan saves Shang; however, Mulan is bleeding and her secret is discovered. Shang saves Mulan’s life because she saved his; however, he abandons her.

It turns out that some of the Hun army did survive the avalanche. Mulan tries to tell Shang; however, he does not believe her until Shan Yu kidnaps the Emperor (voiced by a fantastic Pat Morita).

Chien-Po, Ling and Yao dress as women and they fight off some of the Hun army. Shang fights Shan Yu until Shan Yu realizes that Mulan was the one who defeated him. Shan Yu chases after Mulan and Mulan kills him in a fireworks explosion.

The Emperor bows to Mulan, China bows to Mulan, the Emperor gives Mulan Shan Yu’s sword and he gives Mulan his crest.

We get the most natural Disney romantic dialogue from Shang and the Emperor ships Mulan and Shang.

Mulan returns home. She gives Fa Zhou the Emperor’s crest and Shan Yu’s sword; however, Fa Zhou tosses the crest and sword to the side. He says that having Mulan as a daughter is the greatest honor, and…

I’m not crying. You’re crying.

Anyway, Shang arrives and we get a realistic slow start to Shang and Mulan’s romance.

We then get a Shrek-style ending; however, this does not make sense because this movie came out three years before Shrek came out.

Mulan is still a classic.

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