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One of the top animated movies ever. The art was amazing. Skilled people drawing out the entire story in the most beautiful and colorful way! It worked so well together. The music was some of the best Disney music in any of their animated films hands down! I could watch this movie over and over and the story nor the music would ever get old. This movie still holds up against any other animated film. Amazing and so well done!

Coming out before coming out. Here is a fact: the original story was about how the author himself, Hans Christian Andersen, wanting to come out of the closet as a dark metaphor. First, this take is a brighter one. It is about how somebody wants to follow their dreams, that being Ariel, who would rather be a human on land. She sings a song "Part of Your World" which is the best & beautiful song in it. Then, there is her father, King Triton, who does not want her to go out & assisting with an iconic character, Sebastian with his song "Under the Sea". "Under the Sea" had me mixed. It was an aim to put off Ariel's dreams yet it is glamourizing it. Similar to "Mulan"'s "I'll Make a Man Out of You". One More thing that it teaches: sacrifications for love. Ursula took Ariel's voice away so that she could get on land & be with Eric. So, this movie is about sacrifices, dreams & parents being accepting.

The Little Mermaid is a magical blend of music, heart, and artistry. It’s the film that brought Disney animation back to life for a new generation, and it still holds up as one of the studio’s finest. Whether you’re watching it as a child or an adult, it captures that rare kind of wonder only the best animated films can deliver.

A very bland experience, safe and soulless; vanilla with no sprinkles. Good enough while it lasts, but wont leave a joyful memory. I honestly expected this to be worse, since even the critics aren't praising this. But in my opinion is just the same as other Disney live-action remakes (barring Cinderella). Still a very unnecessary movie that brings nothing new or of value to the table, with no heart and nearly no emotional beats to connect to.

Very wonderful movie. I like Ariel and Eric,but the best things in this movie are songs classics :like under the SEA or the part of world are beatiful.

A Pequena Sereia é uma obra-prima indiscutível. Combina uma história comovente, personagens inesquecíveis, uma trilha sonora icônica e um visual deslumbrante, tudo com um ritmo perfeito e uma abordagem universal que toca o coração de quem assiste. É o tipo de filme que não apenas entretém, mas também emociona e inspira.Minha nota não poderia ser outra: 10/10 (100). É um clássico eterno, que merece ser revisitado sempre que possível.

Amazing story and songs. An instant classic. I love it so much! This movie makes me so happy every time I see it.

Disney gives us the breezy story of a quixotic young princess who throws away her regal underwater status to... become a princess on land, instead. At the time, this material represented a fresh return to form for the studio, after thirty years of floundering with overwrought talking-animal adventures and off-brand fantasy epics. In contrast to those more ambitious undertakings, The Little Mermaid is intentionally light and airy - a simple fable that doesn't stretch beyond its own limitations - and there's a certain sense of comfortable familiarity to that. After all, aren't the best fairy tales finished in twenty pages or less? Clarity of vision and creative restraint might seem like easy concepts, but continually hitting those targets over the length of a feature film isn't nearly as easy as it might seem. This particular effort is aided by a rousing villainess, a handful of spirited musical numbers and a bright, colorful visual identity. The animation can be weirdly inconsistent at times, but the most important moments all hit their marks and the major character designs have proven their staying power. An inspired, back-to-basics effort from a then-desperate studio that ushered in a widely-regarded period of creative renaissance, both behind the scenes and upon the silver screens. Maybe not one of Disney's very best, but it does well enough for an eighty-minute kids' film and its broader importance can't be overstated.

Characters and visuals are really great. Music and songs are excellent. 'under the sea' is a masterpiece. Dialogues are really good. Set a new path for the upcoming animation movies.

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I didn't expected much going into this. But I was pleasantly surprised with the live action version. The actors are all well casted. And if you compare it to the animated version they actually have stayed very much true to the source material adding a little sprinkle of a modern sauce to it, that made it a fresh watch. While most people probably pondering about why Disney had to make this an inclusive woke version, however people tend to forget that this was a fairy tale from danish author Hans Christian Anderson and he never mentioned of what nationality or ethnicity his characters were. And that's what this is. It's fiction in an imaginary world and therefore anyone can depict the characters. This Live action movie of the beloved animated Little Mermaid did the original source justice and the writing and entire cast kept the vibe and magic of the original material alive and actually gave it an extra little more. This shows that diversity matters and can work! My compliments to the production!

One of the best Disney classics One of the best Disney classics One of the best Disney classics

woke crap, they complain about whitewash but Hollywood is clearly blackwashing ****, all I can say is this agenda won't last long

The story of this movie is set in a time of flourishing transatlantic slave trade in the Delta. It revolves around an ocean creature that bears resemblance to an individual of African descent. In its pursuit of freedom and love, it manages to escape the control of one white man, only to find itself relying on another. Disney Thank you！

Change the future, not the past. Diversity at the cost of compromising on history and legend, is pathetic. And I am not even white. Woke nonsense at its finest.

The original animated musical was bright and delightful. This live-action version is darker and less thrilling. The plot is the same: She wants to go on land to meet her true love, but will lose her mermaid powers. Halle Bailey plays the title role and she has a lovely presence. As the prince, Jonah Hauer-King was rather bland. Melissa McCarthy did some nice work as Ursula, the villain, while the 3 sidekick creatures added mild fun (Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina). Director Rob Marshall doesn't show much of his previous skills at staging musical numbers. The ones here are OK, just never dazzling. Basically, that's the whole movie: Enjoyable but not exciting.

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Every now and again, Hollywood blesses us with a remake so mind-numbingly unnecessary that we're left questioning our own reality. The Little Mermaid remake is the latest cul-de-sac in the circuitous route of creativity where, apparently, we've started recycling things that should have been left in the bin. I have seen brighter colors on a rainy Monday morning than in this movie. The 'visuals' feel like the team ordered a palette from '50 Shades of Drab' instead of diving into the vibrant, undersea wonderland that the original animated film offered us. The title might as well have been, "The Little Mermaid: Unleashing the Power of Sepia." Now, let's talk about music. Oh, the music. I never thought I would miss the sound of a singing crab so much. The reworked songs seemed to have been passed through a creative paper shredder and then pieced back together by someone who only vaguely remembered the tune. And the Scuttle song? It felt like an auditory equivalent of a tax audit. In what felt like an aggressive act of cinematic filibustering, the film's extended runtime added about as much value as a screen door on a submarine. Each new scene was like watching paint dry. Except the paint was already dried. And the color was boring. And then there was the casting. The characters were about as dynamic as a bowl of overcooked linguini. The emotional depth ran from A to B. It was like watching a high school play, where everyone is trying their best, but you can't shake off the feeling that something's just not quite right. The Little Mermaid remake is a spectacular testament to the concept of 'Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.' But hey, at least we now know that even mermaids can have a bad day.

I didn't care for the original. The new one makes it more clear she learned her lesson and is pleasing to the eye. The eels in the original freak me out. Although I liked the singer for Sebastian better in this one.

I can't lie... Absolute masterpiece! One of the greatest animation films in history

Not worth the time to see and just as bad as the new Cleopatra removing history and once enjoyable cinema removed by the woke communists.

The film was absolutely terribly produced. none of the director nor producers decisions make any sense. The film is extremely dimly lit and dark- and you got a black girl on a dark background..... smart choice there folks! can't see anything- not that there was anything worth seeing sadly. They even tried to change and mess with the storyline. And screwed the music up.... what can you expect now with disney? it is sad.

Best masterpiece ever from Disney! My favourite childhood 2D animation with elegant voice from Ariel. Love it so much

The magic of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's music shines in this vibrantly colored Disney Classic. Audiences should note that although this has a romance, it's truly a story of a daughter coming into her own and a father learning to accept that.

The abyss of Disney. Simply embarrassing and awful movie, incompetent actors, songs changed to worst. Why Disney are you smashing our childhood, beautiful timeless classics?

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Excellent animation cartoon the legend about mermaid and her final destiny have a great performance music and voice character and charming storyline till the end compare to the new one 2023 live action is a trash this one is a wonderful film and wonderful film

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I like the colorful world! One of my favorite Disney movies. I like sebastian too!

race swapping, song deleting , song altering, woke nonsense, awful. The animated was perfect, keep politics and sjw stuff out

Another trash remake to push political and identity politics onto classic fairy tales.

I rewatched this classic recently before the big live-action movie to release. This is a timeless enjoyable and well-done animation. While not many people like Disney Princess movies especially Ariel which is the standard Princess who gets the prince, it was made to be colourful, and fun, even though it mostly takes part in dark environments under the sea. This film's exceptional colour grading and juxtaposition make life under the sea severe and colourful. From the different Scenes that use lighting to emphasise characters and their emotion, to the simple castle near the coast. The only bad of this animated film is, of course, the length every animation in my book should meet the 1h 30 mark, but this film is incredibly well-paced, It is one of those short and sweet films that deserves more than a single watch, especially after a long time, and the other bad is the final scenes with Ursula, other than that it is a well-made simple animation, that took a simple plot and did a great deal with what it had.

The Little Mermaid was just another delightful classic Walt Disney animation that not only explore the beautiful wonder of the sea but the simplicity of its own story, a fun and entertaining enough Romeo & Juliet type of story that are creatively change for it's own situation, fills with likeable characters and beautiful song like "Part Of Your World" was just so pretty, and the catchy "Under The Sea" song, The Little Mermaid is a cute, simple, and very pretty movie.

Only seen this movie twice when I was a kid. It wasn't for me. So my review is not really that helpful I guess.

I love The Little Mermaid so much! I love mermaids, I relate to Ariel. I've heard how she seems to be autistic and I am to so that's interesting. Just a fanon (fan canon) nothing more.

ok but what is that **** shot on the metacritic home page of the little mermaid.

Yo this movie is TOTAL TRASH. It is sexist, weirdly violent, and lacks any and all character development. The kissing song is weird and creepy. I would never let my kids watch this film. I LOVE Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Tangled, etc. but this movie is super cringe. The first 20min were OK but then it just straight up face plants and never recovers. How the hell did this movie get released and wtf are ppl smoking that they consider it "their favorite."

A cute little cartoon with a completely different message from the original text. As I child I read the story. Sadly children today will think this is the story. Why don't parents read to their children anymore? Electronic babysitters are no replacement for parents. Read to the children.

I also recommend the TV series, but not the sequel. I still think that Tarzan is the last great Disney movie, but pretty much everything else after lacks the magic that Disney once had, as far as I'm concerned.(with the exception of the surprisingly good Fantasia 2000, Bambi 2 and Emperor's New Groove) 10 years ago, this was one of my all-time favourites. I remember, every time I went swimming, I felt really inspired to be a mermaid. That's the effect this movie and the TV series had on me. The animation is absolutely gorgeous, especially the underwater scenes, and the storm. The script is intelligent and witty, and everyone involved did a marvellous job putting it across. The songs are fantastic, as always with Alan Menken. In fact, the only score of Alan Menken's I don't like is "Home on the Range". My favourites are "Part of your World"(my sister is always singing it around the house) and the wonderfully energetic "Under the Sea". The characters are probably the most memorable in a Disney movie, especially Ariel, a beautiful and feisty mermaid, with a dream of being a human. She has a beautiful voice also, well we have the talented Jodi Benson to thank for that. Sebastian is so funny here, a he was in the series, but as well as Flounder(another great character)he was ruined in the sequel. Kenneth Mars's Triton is an inspiring father-figure, who reminds me of my grandfather. The best character is without question, Ursula, who scarred me for life after watching her. Likewise with The Evil Manta from the series. Whilst her song is probably the least memorable song of the movie, it still works. Flotsam and Jetsam are also really creepy. Miles better than Ursula's really bland sister Morgana at any **** round off, I can't forget Louis the chef. He is so funny here, unlike in the sequel, where the same joke was repeated but badly underplayed. I can't believe some people hate this movie. It is one of Disney's best along with "Beauty and the Beast", "Lion King", "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Sleeping Beauty". Highly recommended for all ages. 10/10. Bethany Cox

A frankly overrated film, The Little Mermaid is a very cliché Disney flick, even for its time. The main character is a sulky brat who never learns her lesson, and gets undeservingly rewarded for the trouble she causes. Despite this, I do like the film’s soundtrack, and some of the side characters are entertaining.

Un clásico, de eso no hay duda, pero todo gracias a personajes como Úrsula y Sebastián, porque la sirenita es la princesa Disney mas pelotuda de todos los tiempos.

This is one of Disney's great animation classics, released at a time when the studio has made some productions of great popular impact and critical acclaim. The story is very much based on a tale by Hans Christian Andersen about the impossible love between a mermaid and a human prince. I don't think the script is really worth mentioning, given that it is widely known, not only by admirers of fairy tales, but even by those who have never seen the film or read Andersen's tales. The film has a good set of actors who provide us with an excellent voice work. Personally, I would like to highlight the contributions of Jodi Benson, Kenneth Mars, Pat Carroll, and Samuel Wright's deep Caribbean accent. Some characters in the film become so popular that they were used not only for merchandising, but also for the Disney theme parks. This is the case of the protagonist, Ariel, one of the most iconic Disney princesses ever. Ursula is often singled out as an excellent villain, and she actually deserves that, but I can't look at her without seeing her as a kind of adaptation of the Bad Witch from “Sleeping Beauty”, with a Mephistophelian touch. The film was beautifully designed, and the animations are of high quality, one of the best the studio did before massively abandoning traditional animation and converting to digital. The colors are vibrant, the film is bright and beautifully edited, it never seems to drag or take longer than necessary. In addition to all this, the film has one of the best soundtracks that Disney has conceived, signed by the master hand of Alan Menken and worthy winner of the Oscar for Best Soundtrack in 1990. Although everyone talks about “Under the Sea”, a mellow, tropical melody that won the Oscar for Best Original Song this year, I honestly prefer “Part of Your World”, but that's my personal taste.

The plot tends to fall onto the trite side for kids' romances, but I suppose it's a film meant more so to be (mostly) lighthearted, fun, and singsongy. No real harm in that for the wee little ones. It's a return to Disney of old to embark on a 1990's renaissance of the studio's 2D animation, albeit a predictable return.

La Sirenita a diferencia de otras películas clásicas de Disney no intenta aspirar a mucho. La historia es bastante simple pero funciona, lo mismo con la comedia y las canciones. Lo que si que noto es que la relación entre Ariel y el príncipe es muy forzada, pareciendo mas un enamoramiento a simple vista; no me termino de convencer. Y Ursula yo no la consideraría una de las mejores villanas de Disney como muchos dicen, ya que a diferencia de otros grandes villanos de Disney malvados por tener ansias de poder como Jafar por ejemplo, aparecen en toda la película teniendo la misma relevancia que el protagonista, ademas de tener mucho mas trasfondo en la historia, contrario a Ursula que aparece un poco después de la mitad y no aporta mucho mas a la trama. Quitando eso y muchas otras mejorables es una buena película, todos los elementos que introduce serán simples pero la gran mayoría funcionan. La recomiendo, pero al menos yo no la consideraría de las mejores de Disney.

Such a great film. The story is beautifully crafted and much more smart than it seems, although it might get predictable in the love aspects. Top quality animation, and characters that some of them aren't perfect, like Ariel and the seagull might be out of place, but this us surely an enjoyable watch.

The Little Mermaid has got a decent animation, some very talented voice actors and a great story to keep you entertained.

Ariel is a 16-year-old mermaid princess in the kingdom of Atlantica, in the Atlantic Ocean. She is fascinated by the human world above. She ventures out with her best friend Flounder to collect human artifacts in her grotto and often goes to the surface of the ocean to visit Scuttle, a seagull who offers inaccurate knowledge of human culture. She swims back to Atlantica and is watched by two eels named Flotsam and Jetsam under orders from Ursula the sea witch. Ariel ignores the warnings of her father King Triton, the ruler of Atlantica, and Sebastian, a crab who serves as Triton's adviser and court composer, that contact with humans is forbidden. One night, Ariel, Flounder, and an unwilling Sebastian travel to the surface to watch a celebration for Prince Eric's birthday on a ship. Ariel instantly falls in love with Eric. Shortly afterward, a violent storm arrives, which wrecks the ship and tosses Eric overboard. Ariel rescues him and brings him to shore. She sings to him but leaves just as he regains consciousness to avoid being discovered. Fascinated by the memory of her voice, Eric vows to find the girl who saved and sang to him; Ariel vows to find a way to join him in his world. Noticing a change in Ariel's behavior, Triton questions Sebastian and learns of her love for Eric. Triton confronts Ariel in her grotto and destroys the artifacts she collected with his trident. After Triton leaves, Ariel begins weeping. Flotsam and Jetsam convince her to visit Ursula. Ursula makes a deal with Ariel to transform her into a human for three days in exchange for Ariel's voice, which Ursula puts in a nautilus shell. Within these three days, Ariel must receive the "kiss of true love" from Eric to remain a human permanently. Otherwise, she will transform back into a mermaid and belong to Ursula. Ariel accepts and is given human legs and taken to the surface by Flounder and Sebastian. Unbeknownst to Ariel, Ursula, who harbors a secret vendetta against King Triton, plans to use her as a bargaining chip and take over the kingdom. Eric finds Ariel on the beach and takes her to his castle, unaware that she is the one who had rescued him earlier. Ariel spends time with Eric, and at the end of the second day, they almost kiss but are thwarted by Flotsam and Jetsam. Angered at Ariel's near success, Ursula disguises herself as a beautiful young woman named Vanessa and appears onshore singing with Ariel's voice. Eric recognizes the song and, in her disguise, Ursula casts a hypnotic enchantment on Eric to make him forget about Ariel and marry Vanessa instead. The next day, Ariel discovers that Eric will be married to Vanessa. Scuttle discovers Vanessa's true identity and informs Ariel, who immediately pursues the wedding barge. While Sebastian informs Triton, Scuttle disrupts the wedding with the help of various sea animals. Through all of the commotion the nautilus shell around Ursula's neck breaks, which restores Ariel's voice back to her and breaks Ursula's enchantment over Eric. Realizing that Ariel is the girl who saved his life, Eric rushes to kiss her, but the sun sets and Ariel transforms back into a mermaid. Ursula then reveals herself and kidnaps Ariel. Triton confronts Ursula and demands Ariel's release. However, the deal is inviolable; Triton makes a new deal to take Ariel's place as Ursula's servant by giving up his trident in order to save his daughter. Ariel is released as Triton transforms into a polyp and loses his authority over Atlantica. Ursula declares herself the new ruler, but before she can use the trident, Ariel confronts Ursula and attacks her, and Eric intervenes with a harpoon and hurts Ursula. Ursula attempts to kill Eric, but Ariel intervenes and causes Ursula to inadvertently kill Flotsam and Jetsam. As Ariel hurries to join Eric, the enraged Ursula uses the trident to grow to a monstrous size. Ariel and Eric reunite on the surface just before Ursula grows past and towers over them. She then gains full control of the entire ocean, creating a storm and bringing sunken ships to the surface. As Ursula is about to destroy Ariel with the trident, Eric steers a wrecked ship and kills Ursula by impaling her with its splintered bowsprit. With Ursula dead, Triton and the other polyps in Ursula's garden revert to their original forms. Realizing that Ariel loves Eric, Triton changes her from a mermaid into a human permanently and approves her marriage to Eric. At the wedding, Ariel and Eric marry on a ship and depart.

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One of the most memorable Disney Classics. .. The Animation, The Songs , The Soundtrack , The Flashing Lights Everything About This Movie Is Unique