The Little Mermaid (1989) 7.5
A mermaid princess makes a faustian bargain with an unscrupulous seahag in order to meet a human prince on land. |
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The Little Mermaid (1989) 7.5
A mermaid princess makes a faustian bargain with an unscrupulous seahag in order to meet a human prince on land. |
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| Rene Auberjonois | ... |
Louis
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| Christopher Daniel Barnes | ... |
Eric
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| Jodi Benson | ... | ||
| Pat Carroll | ... |
Ursula
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| Paddi Edwards | ... |
Flotsam & Jetsam
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| Buddy Hackett | ... |
Scuttle
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Jason Marin | ... |
Flounder
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| Kenneth Mars | ... |
Triton
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| Edie McClurg | ... |
Carlotta
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| Will Ryan | ... |
Seahorse
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Ben Wright | ... |
Grimsby
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| Samuel E. Wright | ... |
Sebastian
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Hamilton Camp | ... |
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Debbie Shapiro Gravitte | ... |
(voice) (as Debbie Shapiro)
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Robert Weil | ... |
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Loosely based upon the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Ariel, youngest daughter of King Triton, is dissatisfied with life in the sea. She longs to be with the humans above the surface, and is often caught in arguments with her father over those "barbaric fish-eaters". She goes to meet Ursula, the Sea Witch, to strike a deal, but Ursula has bigger plans for this mermaid and her father. Written by Tim Pickett <quetzal@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>
I probably never would have seen this movie if my mother hadn't persuaded me to take my little brother to see it. I enjoyed it a lot the first time, but it was only when I saw it again a couple of years later on video I realised just how superb a movie it is. It's not a clever or complex movie, it's not the kind of film which works on an adult level as well as on a children's one. However, three aspects of it make it truly great:
1: The music. 'Under The Sea' richly deserved its Oscar, but 'Part Of Your World' deserved it even more.
2. The animation. Quite simply, it's absolutely gorgeous. The underwater scenes in particular take your breath away.
3. The Story. How can you resist a love story that touching?
I urge anyone with even a touch of sentimentality about them to set their predjudices aside and see this movie.