▁a ▁Disney ▁film , ▁while ▁still ▁bringing ▁v ibr ant ▁animation ▁and ▁spr ight ly ▁characters ▁to ▁the ▁screen ." ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁count down , ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes ▁ranked ▁it ▁twenty - four th ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁fifty ▁canonical ▁animated ▁Disney ▁features . ▁On ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 7 1 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁based ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁critics , ▁indicating ▁" gener ally ▁favor able ▁reviews ". ▁Cinema Score ▁reported ▁that ▁aud ien ces ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁rare ▁" A +" ▁grade . ▁ ▁Roger ▁E bert , ▁review ing ▁for ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Sun - Times , ▁gave ▁Mul an ▁three - and - a - half ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁four ▁in ▁his ▁written ▁review . ▁He ▁said ▁that ▁" M ul an ▁is ▁an ▁impress ive ▁achiev ement , ▁with ▁a ▁story ▁and ▁treatment ▁ranking ▁with ▁Beaut y ▁and ▁the ▁Be ast ▁and ▁The ▁Lion ▁King ". ▁Like wise , ▁James ▁Ber ardin elli ▁of ▁Re el Views ▁awarded ▁the ▁film ▁three - and - a - half ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁four ▁pra ising ▁the ▁lead ▁character , ▁its ▁theme ▁of ▁war , ▁and ▁the ▁animation . ▁He ▁concluded ▁that ▁" Ad ult s ▁will ▁appreciate ▁the ▁depth ▁of ▁character ization ▁while ▁k ids ▁will ▁love ▁Mul an ' s ▁side k ick , ▁a ▁color ful ▁drag on ▁named ▁M ush u . ▁Every one ▁will ▁be ▁ent ert ained ▁[ by ]