Critical reception Upon release, Mulan received mostly positive reviews from film critics, who praised it for exploring themes such as strength, feminism, and gender roles. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of , based on reviews, with an average rating of . The site's consensus reads, "Exploring themes of family duty and honor, Mulan breaks new ground as a Disney film, while still bringing vibrant animation and sprightly characters to the screen." In a 2009 countdown, Rotten Tomatoes ranked it seventeenth out of the fifty canonical animated Disney features. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 72 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare "A+" grade.
Critical reception Upon release Mulan received mostly positive reviews from film critics, who praised it for exploring themes such as strength feminism, and gender roles The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of , ba,sed on reviews with an average rating of . The site's consensus reads, "Exploring themes of family duty and honor, Mulan breaks new ground as a Disney film, while still bringing vibrant animation and sprightly characters to the screen." In a 2009 countdown, Rotten Tomatoes ranked it seventeenth out of the fifty canonical animated Disney features. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 72 out of 100, based on 24 criti,cs, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare "A+" grade.