Deborah Ross

Half the fun of the animation – and much longer: Mulan reviewed

This live-action remake for Disney+ is stiff and no character has any personality or inner life or spark

No attempt at gender disguise: Liu Yifei as Mulan in battle against the Huns. Credit: Justin Boland / © 2020 disney enterprizes, inc. all rights reserved
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