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I’ll tell you what my reaction was when I first saw Halle Bailey as Ariel in the trailer for The Little Mermaid. I thought, “Wow, she has a lovely voice.” Many people probably had a similar reaction, but some Ron DeSantis fanboys were apparently seized with irrational rage at the sight of a Black actress playing the
The new film is less charming but more substantial than the 1989 original.
This new, live-action “The Little Mermaid” from Disney works on almost no level. It hardly has enough music to be a musical, the underwater scenes are murky and look fake, and the lead actors have no emotional connection.
The young mermaid Ariel seeks to live out her dreams in Disney's live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. Jeffrey Harris has his review.
Disney’s awkward retread of the 1989 classic attempts a more progressive story with a Black lead, but is ultimately shallow in every way.