Unorthodox as she might be, Enola’s personality offers a valuable lesson on the meaning of female empowerment, both for women of her own time as well as today.

Told with no small amount of urgency, immediacy and visual elegance by directors Jules and Gédéon Naudet, aided by some first-rate editing by the veteran Deborah Peretz.

But what is equally amusing is that by her own standards, Mulan herself falls short.

The major dramatic power of the movie resides in the difficulty of knowing who is telling the truth.

A question is how well will older children identify with the two girls at the centre of the story.

In purely cinematic terms, moreover, the script’s attempt to strike a tone of cute bohemianism misfires.

Ms. Richen has a problematic subject for a documentary, and the problems extend beyond the limitations of footage. She needs to sell the event, thus her lineup of marginally relevant characters gushing about it.

The film’s most prominent message is a valuable one on its own: the importance of accepting help from others.

This paean to female empowerment will likely prove a pleasing big-budget epic for most others.

[Iannucci] is clearly at home with sprawling casts of characters and comfortable allowing them to chew the scenery when the mood comes over them.

A highly enjoyable action movie that carries strong messages about female empowerment, lavishly and colourfully produced.

This is a tale with many familiar aspects, designed for a younger audience.

And the thing that emerges from this documentary is how popular she is with the Irish people.

This is a powerful film, but I thought Howard went soft on this notorious company that has a history of choosing profit over the health and well-being of its customers.

It’s a noble goal on the part of David Smick, who wrote and directed the film, but the end result is sadly just as disjointed as the America it portrays.

The stark landscape scenes are masterpieces of minimalism that evoke feelings of isolation and loneliness; the closeups are compelling still portraits.

The secrets of Fatima are included if you look closely, as are Mary's pleas to pray the rosary, to avoid sin and to do good.

Think James Bond on Red Bull, only this time the villain is pursued in the past as well as in real time.

The 21st-century seems to be an age more sceptical about this kind of religious experience, so hallowed in the past. Here is an opportunity to give some consideration to the credibility.

That may be in dubious taste, though at least it’s clever.