Top 10 Eddie Murphy Films


6. Mulan

This 1998 animated film from Disney is easily the studio's most underrated feature of this kind and from this era. Sandwiched between The Lion King and the sudden output of stunning Pixar films like A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2, Mulan sometimes falls through the cracks. If not for the fantastic original songs ("I'll Make a Man Out of You" is easily one of the best songs from a Disney movie ever), the stunning animated visuals, and its impressive incorporation of cultural themes like duty and familial honor, then Mulan is definitely worth revisiting for its sprightly and exciting characters.

Murphy provides the voice for the dragon Mushu, a failed ancestral spirit who has to aid Mulan (Ming-Na Wen) in order to regain his place in the family shrine. In a pre-Shrek time, Mushu was a defining moment for Murphy as he made it clear to audiences that his finest asset is his voice. He would revisit voice acting a few years later with Shrek, but to this day I still find Murphy's performance as Mushu thoroughly entertaining and Disney's Mulan to be extraordinarily original and groundbreaking for its time.

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