The Little Mermaid
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The Little Mermaid

2023 • 135 min • Adventure · Family · Fantasy · Romance

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. 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.

Our family guide

Best from age 6
89
Movie Knight Score
3376 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 6 · 69%
  • 63 Audience · 3370 · 31%

A curious young mermaid yearns to explore the human world and falls for a prince. To achieve her dream, she makes a risky deal with a cunning sea witch, jeopardizing her voice, her family, and her kingdom.

Violence & peril
2/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
0/10
Romance & sensuality
2/10
Scary moments
4/10

Heads up

  • Ursula can be quite menacing
  • Separation from family
  • Perilous underwater moments in storms and magical battles

What it models well

  • Curiosity and exploration
  • Love and sacrifice
  • Finding your voice

Talk about it after

  • Following your dreams
  • The importance of communication
  • Dealing with tricky situations

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Top billed cast

Director: Rob Marshall • Crew: David Magee

Trailers & clips

Wild Uncharted Waters

Vanessa's Trick

Kiss the Girl

Part of Your World (Reprise)

Under the Sea

Part of Your World

Choreographing Under The Sea

Phenomenon

Reviewer notes

Recommended

The little mermaid, I really loved. I don't really care about the controversies at all because the film was good. Unlike Snow White, it was accurate to the original 1989 film. I love Halle Bailey's preformance, especially "Part Of Your World". So I wuld give it a 75% out of 100

Recommended

<em>'The Little Mermaid'</em> is one of the better Disney live-action remakes. I'd personally even put it on the same level as the 1989 animated movie, though admittedly I am not someone with any sort of connection to that original flick. Halle Bailey makes for a good Ariel.…

Recommended

When they get the notion to remake an animated classic into a live action film, Disney is a well-oiled machine. They’ve found varying degrees of success and failure (“The Lion King,” “Cinderella,” “Pinocchio”) along the way, and their latest cartoon-to-real-life adventure “The Little Mermaid” lands somewhere on the better-than-average scale.…

Recommended

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.firstshowing.net/2023/review-rob-marshalls-the-little-mermaid-enriches-the-original/ "The Little Mermaid enriches virtually every narrative aspect compared to the original, deepening Ariel and Eric's arcs while exploring the same core themes without losing any of its predecessor's essence.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

"Ariel" (Halle Bailey) has longed for a chance to meet with humans but her sagely father "Triton" (Javier Bardem) has prohibited this. Undeterred, she witnesses a terrible storm that washes the young prince "Eric" (Jonah Hauer-King) overboard. She races to his rescue and leaves him to his people on the beach - both are already in love!…

Recommended

Halle Bailey served a very good performance with a lot of charisma and passion, she also has an impressive voice. In some parts people were clapping from excitement and I shed a tear since I saw her performing her first song.…

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Details

TMDB audience
6.3/10 (3,370)
Age rating
PG
Status
Released
Budget
$297,000,000
Box office
$569,626,289
Official site
movies.disney.com

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