Ed Gonzales from Slant Magazine describes the movie as "soulless" in it's portrayal of Asian culture.
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All critics on Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an 86% "fresh" rating. The Top Critics gave it a 75%.
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Mimi Nguyen says that Mulan "pokes fun at the ultimately repressive gender roles that seek to make Mulan a domesticated creature."
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A critic with a similar view is Nadya Labi. "there is a lyric in the film that gives the lie to the bravado of the entire girl-power movement."
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Kathleen Karlyn is an assistant professor of English at University of Oregon. She says, "In order to even imagine female heroism, we're placing it in the realm of fantasy"
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