The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.

  • Released: 2023-05-26
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
  • Stars: Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Awkwafina, Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Emily Coates, Jude Akuwudike, Noma Dumezweni, Russell Balogh, Adrian Christopher, Jessica Alexander, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Art Malik, Jude Akuwudike, Russell Balogh, Adrian Christopher
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  • e-11782 - 17 June 2024
    I enjoyed it!
    The bad reviews I saw made me not watch this movie for a while. I decided to put it on in the background but I enjoyed it a lot! The CGI is horrible, let's get that out of the way. The parts underwater were therefore not the best. But I really liked Halle's performance, especially her singing. I liked the sisters who represented the seven seas, I wish they would have shown them more.

    The part I enjoyed most was the colorful setting of the above world in the Caribbean. I really liked Eric and how his personality was shown more. The chemistry with Ariel was really well done. I love that they have more in common in this version. The kiss the girl scene was beautiful.

    The part I hated was Ursula. I love Melissa McCarthy but this was not it. Ursula's speaking voice was laughable, and unfortunately not in a good way... I wanted to skip most parts of Ursula's scenes.

    Conclusion: it's not the best movie, I love the original more especially for the underwater parts, but against my own expectations I had a really good time watching this movie!
  • malmevik77 - 22 April 2024
    Garbage. Halle Bailey saved the movie from a 1 star.
    The Little Mermaid (2023)

    The live action remake nobody needed, The Little Mermaid features a spectacular performance by Halle Bailey, and a lot of missteps.

    The movie is two and a half hours long, much longer than the original animated classic. There are a lot of word for word, scene for scene remakes, which could be ok except for the atrocious special effects. The made-for-tv movie quality of effects was very distracting and irritating to watch.

    I love Awkafina, but she was terrible as Scuttle, who was changed to be a northern gannet to explain why she could speak underwater. I'm glad I researched that because I was convinced that we had a zombie seagull due to drowning. When she "sang", I wish she had drowned, because it was one of the worst things I've ever heard Disney, or Lin Manuel, produce. A complete embarrassment. Also, Sebastian looks like a creature of nightmares, and Flounder feels like an afterthought.

    The film does add to the original by fleshing out the on-land section, which is much more impressive than the under the sea antics. Melissa McCarthy needs to apologize for her presence in the film as she is woefully miscast, and did not do a good job with what she was given.

    Ariel, with no voice, is the only thing saving this film from a 1 star review. The actress has such a beautiful voice, and has such a beautiful presence that she spoke volumes when without a voice. I have no complaints about Eric either, but he was nothing super special.

    I really disliked this movie. I feel that it was an insult to the original, even though I review movies on their own merit. Disney has done so much better with live action interpretations that there is no excuse for this drivel.
  • jeanandliam - 4 March 2024
    Overall, enjoyable
    After reading a lot of reviews and catching a feel of disappointment at the time of the cinema release I didn't rush to watch this film, and only put it on as something in the background while I was cooking, however I found myself really enjoying the whole thing. Each part was cast, the songs and choreography were wonderful and the longer runtime fleshed out the story.

    The biggest letdown was Flounder, I get that live action was to have a more realistic feel but everything was vibrant and colourful except poor Flounder he was colourless and looked old and sad which would have been ok in a less known character but Flounder is much loved.