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‘Mulan’ gets a ‘Star Wars’ makeover, losing the songs while adding spectacle

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Like the song said, let’s get down to business: “Mulan” is big, sumptuous entertainment. It’s good, but not great, transforming the story associated with the 1998 animated musical into a song-free, live-action movie that’s more adequate than transcendent — a perfectly reasonable family-viewing investment that’s worth seeing, but not necessarily a must-buy.Like the song said, let’s get down to business: “Mulan” is big, sumptuous entertainment. It’s good, but not great, transforming the story associated with the 1998 animated musical into a song-free, live-action movie that’s more adequate than transcendent — a perfectly reasonable family-viewing investment that’s worth seeing, but not necessarily a must-buy.