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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   819 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Robert Reece (writer)
Evan Spiliotopoulos (writer)
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Release Date:
26 August 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
Every Story Has a Beginning, But Only One Begins Under the Sea
Plot:
The plot explores the story of Athena, Ariel's mother, through the narration of Ariel. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(11 articles)
User Comments:
Jodi Benson is at it again more (10 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Jodi Benson ... Ariel (voice)
Samuel E. Wright ... Sebastian (voice)
Jim Cummings ... King Triton / Shelbow (voice)

Sally Field ... Marina Del Ray (voice)

Parker Goris ... Flounder (voice)

Tara Strong ... Adella / Andrina (voice)
Jennifer Hale ... Alana (voice)

Grey DeLisle ... Aquata / Arista (voice)
Jeff Bennett ... Benjamin / Guards (voice)
Kari Wahlgren ... Attina (voice)
Lorelei Hill Butters ... Queen Athena (voice)

Kevin Michael Richardson ... Cheeks / Ray Ray (voice)
Rob Paulsen ... Ink Spot / Swifty (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Little Mermaid III (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
Argentina:70 min
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Language:
Color:
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: All through out the movie Arista's bangs switch sides of her face between shoots. This goof can be seen best after the subject of taking a friend past the kelp forest. more
Quotes:
Swifty: Do you promise to jump, jive, wail, groove, rock steady, and at all times lend a helping hand to your fellow music lovers? more
Movie Connections:
References The Shawshank Redemption (1994) more
Soundtrack:
Just One Mistake more

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1 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
Jodi Benson is at it again, 1 October 2008
1/10
Author: freakfire-1 from Texas, United States

Jodi Benson, we hardly want to know you anymore. Can you do any movie role EXCEPT Little Mermaid? One is just very curious if you just can't let go. Or maybe Disney Studios can't let go. Whatever the case, this needs to stop.

Ariel is back with a prequel. OK, first I don't really care where Ariel comes from anymore. This should have been covered in the original classic Little Mermaid. But no, we have to wait 15 years later just to give Jodi Benson another job. A job we don't know if she wanted.

The whole film is about the death of Ariel's mother and the subsequent return to music to the underwater kingdom. You can fill in the rest. No conflict, no character development. And nobody really cares anymore.

I want 80 minutes of my life back. "F"

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