Absolutely the worst movie.

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is the best animation of Disney i ever seen Nice songs , funny characters , powerful drama Everyone must see this

After a few years of making decent, if not exceptional films this was the one that enabled Disney Animation to bounce back on a big scale and launch their 'renaissance' that would last until 2000.This film, which sees a young mermaid dream of being a human, sets a template which lots of the Disney films that followed would stick to.It has great voice acting, some ear grabbing songs that stick with you beyond the end credits, and the animation is great too.It's a classic Disney film for a reason.

After not watching animated Disney movies for a long time, I am now coming back to them and re-watching them. At some, I ask myself, "Now, WHY did I think I disliked this?!" while with others, I say, "Now, how could I have LIKED this?" Unfortunately, The Little Mermaid turns out to be one of the latter.For one, like some parts in Cinderella dragged with how much was focused on the mice, some parts here dragged with how they were focused on the sea animals. Also, though Ariel is gorgeous and does have a point--humans aren't necessarily bad--she is extremely disobedient and a horrible example for girls. If you want a good Disney Princess role model, go with Tiana (who is hard working) or Belle (who judges people because of who they are on the inside). Here, Ariel is told by her father told not to go to the surface, hangs her head, and heads straight back to the surface! She is a poor role model, repeatedly disobeying her father, who is only trying to protect her, and keeping one of her deepest, darkest secrets (being in love with and seeing a human) a secret from him.I'm not saying I hate Ariel or think she's terrible. She's funny, spunky, has great hair that isn't soaked when she goes to the surface, is an incredible singer, and so on. It's just that she's a bad role model for girls. Though girls watching this may not think of Ariel as a role model, they may enjoy the movie and like Ariel, then want to be like her, so they do what she does.The backgrounds are gorgeous and almost as good as they are in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. They look real--earnestly, real. However, the animation somehow looks a bit too blurry, and Ariel is gorgeous but is sometimes a bobble-head, and her eyes are way, way too big.The music is excellent, and so is the plot. Ariel is an incredible singer, and the plot is exciting, the sort that, even though it's cartoon, makes you tense by watching it.But one incredible thing I did not notice about this movie until recently was what an amazing dad King Triton is. He seems like the worst--grouchy, mean, ugly, old, and destroying Ariel's stuff for no reason. However, he questions himself if he should've destroyed her things. Later on, near the climax, as Ariel starts to become one of Ursula's poor unfortunate soul slaves, he catches her just in time. He makes a decision--he takes Ariel's place, him becoming one of Ursula's slaves. Now, think about that. Ariel disobeyed him. She repeatedly went to the surface. She watched humans on a ship. She came in contact with a human and rescued one. She went to the sea witch and became a human. But even after all of that, King Triton STILL loves her and wants to save her, taking her place. In the end, I'm not completely sure about why I didn't get much out of the movie. It could've been because I was too pumped about seeing it again and expected too much. It could be because Ariel is a horrible role model or that the animation looks blurry. However, the movie still has a great classic touch to it, and King Triton still loves his daughter after all she's done wrong. So who knows? Maybe I'll re- watch it sometime soon, this time having bad expectations, and then be thrilled with how wrong I was and how amazing the movie is.

A favorite since early childhood, The Little Mermaid is truly one of Disney's most distinguished classics. Based on the Hans Christian Anderson story of the same name, this movie is a timely and fun almost-masterpiece.We meet Ariel, a rebellious and passionate teenage mermaid, who is the daughter of the ruler of the sea, King Triton. While at first she seems happy we soon learn that she has a yearning for another world - the human world, above the sea. She is obsessed with humans to the point that in a mad desperation she strikes a deal with Ursula, a sea witch, who will give her human legs in exchange for her voice. Ariel has three days to kiss a human prince or else she will belong to Ursula.The songs are catchy and memorable; tunes such as 'Under the Sea' and 'Part of Your World' are instantly recognizable and you can't help but sing (albeit badly) along to the irresistible melodies. The music itself is also rather grand, too.The characters are fantastic, the main character Ariel is impassioned and surprisingly (for Disney) realistic teenage girl. You completely relate to her problems, and in hindsight her decisions are understandable given her situation (Yes I disagree with complaints about her character - I think she's great). Also, Ursula is one of Disney's finest baddies. Her control over the story and elegant charisma create one of their greatest villains. My only issue is that perhaps if Ariel had shown more remorse for her actions, she would have been more of a good character (she doesn't really learn a lesson).All in all, while not their best film, The Little Mermaid truly ranks up with some of Disney's highest classics, a personal, fun and dramatic animated adventure. Filled with sing-along songs, beautiful animation, spritely and memorable characters and an intriguing plot, The Little Mermaid is not to be missed :)