Review of The Little Mermaid (2023) by Ccateni — 26 May 2023

I only give this a 0 because The Little Mermaid failed at its job to entertain me or anyone else in the audience and feels like a bad and pointless cash grab.

Most of the good stuff will be better in the original animated feature, so why bother giving it points when there's a top-notch animated version compared to this depressing remake that stole the sole from the OG film and replaced it with garbage?

The CGI is rushed and looks awful, for example. They expect this to work well with kids when the designs look just as bad as the other CGI elements, which freaked out the kids in my audience.

Worse, the songs.

Some are missing, while the additions don't fit and feel like they were songs stolen from another feature or production and slapped out of laziness.

Not to mention, the runtime is 2 and 1/2 hours. There is no need for that runtime, and it's painfully clear why when it forgets how to tell the story during parts of the movie and adds filler to make it to the runtime.

It's not surprising the kids in the audience were bored and wanted to leave.

My little brother and sister, who wanted to go, hated it, and they asked me to take them.

You're wasting your time if you see the remake.

Just watch the original. Everything is better there, and you don't have to worry about freaking out or boring your kids.