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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. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She 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.

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With Halle Bailey making a major splash in the title role, Disney's live-action Little Mermaid ranks among the studio's most enjoyable reimaginings.

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Halle Bailey is outstanding in The Little Mermaid -- and most of the other new additions to this version of the story hit the mark as well.

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The Little Mermaid (2023) | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Christina Newland iNews.co.uk Halle Bailey is doing her damndest, in spite of underwater CGI effects that frankly make her look like a waxwork. Rated: 2/5 Sep 18, 2024 Full Review The Little Mermaid (2023) | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Caroline Siede Girl Culture (Substack) The delightful sits alongside the baffling in Marshall’s adaptation, which is so often the way it goes with these Disney live action remakes. Oct 2, 2023 Full Review The Little Mermaid (2023) | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Nell Minow Movie Mom Parts of this movie are truly enchanting, especially the underwater scenes. The opening moments on Prince Eric’s ship are thrillingly filmed and the “Under the Sea” number is a glorious Busby Berkeley underwater fantasia. Rated: B+ Jul 7, 2023 Full Review The Little Mermaid (2023) | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Calum Cooper Cinerama Film The result is another mixed bag that may contain some rare pearls within its shell but can only dream of being part of its animated counterpart’s world. Rated: 2/5 Jul 19, 2024 Full Review The Little Mermaid (2023) | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Savina Petkova A Good Movie To Watch The film feels at once too stunted for an actual musical and too expansive to be just another movie. Rated: 6.9/10 Oct 29, 2023 Full Review The Little Mermaid (2023) | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Shawn Edwards Fox 4 Kansas City The music does seem to soar for the most part, and the movie is all elevated by Halle Bailey, she's fantastic. Rated: 3/5 Oct 27, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Lisa since when Eric sings? Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/30/24 Full Review Gabriel Bourque while I liked Halle Bailey's performance and singing voice and Jonah Hauer Kings song, this movie is just the same thing as the 1989 movie only Ariel is more heroic than before it's just... Meh Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/26/24 Full Review Iris Stop trying to change classics. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/16/24 Full Review Hector P The story and music brought nothing new to the table, but the gorgeous picture and visuals are worth watching this 2 hour long movie. And Halle Bailey, she definitely is a show stopper and I can't wait to see her future as an actress. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/11/24 Full Review Al B definitely one of the best disney live action remakes. loved the movie and loved the cast. halle bailey and melissa mccarthy were especially amazing Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/22/24 Full Review Annette I give it a 7 out of 10. I definitely enjoyed the movie, mostly well done. I didn't notice or pay much attention to the changed lyrics in the classic songs, so that's not a bother. The actors were well cast for their roles. The new songs were amusing and had meaning. Some scenes looked like they were shot for shot from the animated version, which may or may not be a good thing, since in some parts it felt redundant in that it felt like it was imitating the animated version. Still, I understand wanting to keep some things from the original and not change too much. My favorite change made in the live-action is (spoiler alert) the relationship between Ariel and Eric because they built a bond gradually throughout the movie and made their love believable. This is the reason I would rewatch the movie, because Halle Bailey and Jonah Haur King had great chemistry and I loved watching them together, and the ending is beautiful and innocent, and convincing. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rob Marshall Director Halle Bailey Ariel Jonah Hauer-King Prince Eric Javier Bardem King Triton Melissa McCarthy Ursula Daveed Diggs Sebastian
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Synopsis 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. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She 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.

Director
Rob Marshall

Producer
Marc Platt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, John DeLuca, Rob Marshall

Screenwriter
David Magee

Distributor
Walt Disney Pictures

Production Co
Walt Disney Pictures, Marc Platt Productions, Lucamar

Rating
PG (Some Scary Images|Action/Peril)

Genre
Kids & Family, Musical, Fantasy, Romance

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
May 26, 2023, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 25, 2023

Box Office (Gross USA)
$298.2M

Runtime
2h 15m

Sound Mix
DTS, Dolby, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos

Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1
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