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Mulan (2020) - Movie Review

 

Controversy

This movie has been delayed due to COVID to the point of finally just skipping theaters entirely. It originally released on Disney+ with a $30 additional fee. If I am paying $30 to watch a movie, I want to own it at least but this fee only allowed you to watch it on Disney+. Wait a month and the movie is finally released to digital retailers for $30. Granted this is Disney's retail price for 4K movies but still a little much since you don't even get the disc to go with it. The movie just arrived at Family Video this week as well as other retail stores.

Other controversy is that fact that Mushu has been replaced by a phoenix in this live action adaption. On top of this, Mulan now has a sister in this version. There are several things changed from the animated to the live action. On top of the price, I will be surprised if Disney makes its money back on this movie. But should you watch it?

Review

Based on everything and more, I was extremely hesitant to add this movie to my collection. This is one of the top Disney movies that my daughter and I enjoyed together. Missing Mushu felt akin to Han not shooting first. An opportunity came and there just appeared to be too much of the trailer that I enjoyed to let this one get away. Upon watching the movie, many changes became clear.

The movie took a more serious tone. Because of this several elements such as Mushu being replaced by a phoenix made complete sense. In the end, the movie while keeping the core story, was enjoyable different. I found myself actually enjoying this movie and the changes that were made. I will add a spoiler to this review that the original Mulan (Ming-Na Wen) has a cameo in the movie.

Rating

I give this a solid HD rating. I would recommend adding the movie to your collection if you get find it under $10. I ended up getting my HD copy from UltraCloudHD for $13.

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