A young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince.A young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince.A young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 30 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJodi Benson: the original voice of Ariel in The Little Mermaid (1989), appears as the person who gives Ariel a "dinglehopper" (fork) during her and Prince Eric's tour of the market.
- GoofsWhen Ariel jumps into the water to go back to the castle to stop Eric and Vanessa's engagement party, it's obvious that she should be soaking wet; however she is completely dry.
- Quotes
Sir Grimsby: Don't be held back by what you think should be. Think of only what is.
- Crazy creditsThe film opens with a quote by "The Little Mermaid" writer Hans Christian Andersen: "But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more."
- ConnectionsFeatured in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Purple Octopus Melissa McCarthy (2019)
- SoundtracksPart of Your World
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Produced by Michael Higham (as Mike Higham) and Alan Menken
Performed by Halle Bailey
Featured review
Simply Boring
The Little Mermaid is a good example of what's wrong with Disney these days (at least in my opinion) - besides some casting choices that may rise pro and contra voices (I don't care), this movie is dead like plastic. The songs are stale and uninspired, the special effects department did okay, the actors did okay, but well, the formula of Disney movies is now a walking dead corpse, too many times chewed on. But this is not only a question of modern changes to fit to the taste of zeitgeist but for a long time Disney is like a recycling factory: with every turn of the machine the product gets worse and worse, at least if you don't add something new, fresh and substantial, something creative. So my greatest complain: the music is average, the visuals are average, the story is the typical Disney blabla, the entertaining factor is rather low. A typical movie made from the construction kit branded "Disney". But maybe I'm just getting old and grumpy and my by age weakened eyes and heart cannot see the beauty in this, well, product.
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- Tweetienator
- May 27, 2023
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $250,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $298,172,056
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $95,578,040
- May 28, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $569,626,289
- Runtime2 hours 15 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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