It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I'm aware that this is a show about mermaids, but even in fantasy there has to be enough realism to make it believable and draw you in; the costumes in this show fail at that so much it's cringeworthy. The acting and plot is usually very cringeworthy as well.

I hate this show. It replaced my favorite TV show at 8:00 The Next Step on Universal Kids. Other than that the theme song is catchy. BUT I STILL HATE IT.

When I heard that they were making a spin off of H2o just add water I assumed that it would be terrible, luckily I was pleasantly surprised. These mermaids have the perspective of being mermaids becoming "land people" rather than the other way around like in h2o which I found to be interesting. Overall, I thought season 1 was pretty good. The plot and adventures were very interesting. One thing I liked about this season was the love interests weren't quite as predictable and there was even a bit of a love triangle going on. I thought the mermaids personalities were likable and interesting ( although Lyla got on my nerves a bit). The Merman Zach was an interesting addition because he doesn't always agree with the mermaids and that gives an interesting conflict to the story.In the first half of season 2 however, this all goes out the window. First of all Nixie and Lyla are gone with a VERY weak explanation. So now we have Sirena and Ondina and I forget what the brunette is called. Sirena I still like, but ondina is really whiny and the brunette is very forgettable and is a very flat character in the first half of the season. Probably the worst part is this new guy Erick. He is totally incompetent at his job at the juice place, yet never gets fired and is incessantly trying to get Ondina to go out with him while she plays hard to get. Then he is revealed to be a merman. Ohh wow what a shock ohh wait he is seen as a merman in the title sequence since the first episode. He seems to exist solely as a love interest for Ondina. The thing that annoys me most about him is that in season one they are like oooh Zach's so special he's the only merman and now they've decided actually there is many mermen out there. The only redeeming part of this is the last episode were we find out (major spoiler alert) Zach is the sister of the brunette and was always a Merman. I am hoping the season will get better from here and keep mako mermaids alive

*Contains Spoilers! Proceed only if you don't mind*Mako Mermaids is a spin-off series to H2O: Just Add Water and I didn't know about the fact this title was coming up, until I watched all 3 seasons of H2O last year and decided I wanted to see more. My passion for magic and the supernatural drove me to watch H2O last year, even though I'm a 20 year old guy. Let's talk about what I thought of H2O first...I always though the supernatural was awesome, mermaids included and even though I knew it was meant for younger people than me, I gave H2O a shot. It first was what I expected, but also a little more than that: I saw it was for all ages actually; it deals with the every day struggles in life, with that harmless magical touch. The first season was enjoyable, but did not have much suspension in it. Still, I could give it a 6... the actors/actresses appeared to get better in acting itself during the seasons progress. In season 2, it was all better than the first one, until the end. I write stories myself and I hate it to not eventually get all answers, but Charlotte getting more powerful than the other 3 without explanation was ridiculous to me. And then she could even make water snakes that made sounds, so I wasn't too happy with the end. Magic, okay. But my opinion is that they shouldn't have done that. Maybe it was to add extra suspension, but even with magic to explain it, I felt it didn't belong in these series. The third season made up for the lack of suspension, but I became annoyed by plot holes. Too many things were left unanswered and I also didn't like some other things. Attacking water (what???) that eventually appears to be friendly and carrying a message with the Moon Pool functioning like a projector (seriously???). And Emma had left the series, but was only mentioned once; I thought they could've done a better job at making the audience believe she hadn't left the show by I don't know... contact between 'Emma' and the others by email and such. Her voice, nor her face would then be needed. But I tend to think too complicated about these things and let's not forget, the aim of the series is not to make 20 year old men happy about the complicated story lines...I enjoyed it, that's what matters, even though there were some irritating facts. Still I wanted a season 4, it could turn out to be better, right? In stead Mako Mermaids was coming up, a spin-off. I did not know what to expect and didn't want a spin-off because I expected that to be more like a reboot, an H2O with other characters. I was positively surprised when I had watched season 1 on Netflix, which just recently has come to The Netherlands, where I live. The first episode I saw a cave appearing out of nowhere and a someone falling through a floor and I was like "O, no, not this... sigh, here we go again...", but it turned out that that was the only annoying thing about the magic in this spin-off. No attacking water to be seen. But there were many positive things throughout the story: I noticed a better initial acting performance from the cast in comparison to H2O season 1, Mako Mermaids had more suspension and decent plot twists that made me doubt myself and that's how I like to see it. Of course, there are some unbelievable things too, like how can the 3 main characters be 16 year old mermaids, if merman hadn't been there for almost a thousand years, mermaids feared merman and were not allowed on land either. How then, could new mermaids ever be born? Did they just make themselves pregnant, or was it magic? This intrigues me more than it should, I know, but it's like I said, I like to have answers for everything. In the end Mako Mermaids was an inverted H2O, like a user before me mentioned and I thought it was a good thing. It wasn't more of the same. It had a different look at mermaids and Cam's plan at the end, I didn't see it coming until about 4 episodes before the ending. All good things. I give this an 8, because it has it's flaws and it certainly isn't what I normally watch (horror and all that), but it's far better than I expected. Good story, good acting, nice special effects, good for all ages, nice new look at the H2O concept (mermaids coming to land) and I could go on for a little while. I'm awaiting season 2 now and I hope it doesn't go downhill from there, that would certainly be a waste. I recommend Mako Mermaids to anyone who loves the supernatural and doesn't mind skipping the super-violent series. Watching this should be very rewarding, if you give it a chance.