Review of The Little Mermaid (2023) by Tubey — 27 May 2023
It narrowly avoids being a total disaster, thanks solely to Halle Bailey nailing the role of Ariel on an Individual level, despite being given nothing to work with here. Her vocal performance in the songs are the only parts of the movie that come anywhere close to the original. I know the suspicion going in was she was cast for the sake of diversity, a race swap for the sake of race swapping for 'woke points', but whatever the reason was she is absolutely tremendous and feels every inch a real life Ariel. Well done her.
Oh and I liked the use of vivid colour in Under The Sea. And it kept my two little ones entertained for an hour before they began to lose focus.
There, that's everything I can possibly say nice about this. Everything else - all other songs, the rest of the cast, the bloat added to the plot, the... literally everything - is a trainwreck, as in as bad and as uninspired as it gets, right down there with other calamitous Disney live action dross. But with this one you also get the added bonus of CGI nightmare fuel throughout. I'll see Flounder in my nightmares for years to come. I get the movie isn't made with my demographic in mind, but I can still judge it on its own merits,especially as a father. And it's awful. It has sole but no soul.
This review of The Little Mermaid (2023) was written by Tubey on 27 May 2023.
The Little Mermaid has generally received mixed reviews.
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