Fantastic!

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Reminded me of a low budget porn... I didn't mind that it was low budget. I love "B" Movies. There was potential of a good story. Possibly poor directing, I have no idea. Five minutes in I was ready to change the movie. It was very boring...

Camera work and acting reminds me of cinnimax at night's bad pornos.

This movie is not for your children! I have read many different versions of the old classic. Most people think the original telling was the rewrite by Hans Christian Andersen, where in the end she dies and becomes a "daughter of the air". However in his original telling was a much darker end than life after death, as she was denied an immortal soul and became seafoam after refusing to kill her prince when he chooses to marry another. He later rewrote the ending.Though this movie was far from the Disney classic, the plot had much more in common with the rewrite by Hans Christian Andersen himself than the cute Disney movie. Yes, it's modern, yes the witch caused her man to go blind-which never happened in the fairy tale...yet, it has happened in many other fairy tales, like Rapunzel. And though she was stripping, the mermaid actually did dance for the prince in the old story...despite every step feeling as though she was walking on broken glass.The ending is tragic and yet beautiful, as are traditional fairy tales, which were meant to teach life lessons to young children, rather than send children into a cruel world expecting "happily ever afters".It wasn't a horrible movie, but the ending had me bawling like a baby, as I had expected a happy ending rather than a traditional one. Any critics saying this movie was awful have probably grown up on Disney movies and never read a real fairy tale in their life.

This is certainly not Disney's cartoon version for kids. Although there's no nudity, the titular character sleeps with a couple of men. She also gets a job at a strip club where the dancers only get down to their undergarments. The movie isn't about sex, but it is used to make points about people.Really, what this movie shows is despair and how different people react to challenges in their lives. It's an interesting take on a classic story but not worth either the polar opposite reviews I've read. The acting is OK to good but clearly not a high budget movie. It also isn't a disaster of a film and worth the 90 minutes I spent watching it.