The Little Mermaid,” there is a sense that a true loss of innocence is on the brink. In this new live-action adaptation things are not as bubblegum sweet and bright as the last time we visited Ariel’s story.
The sea is rougher, less forgiving. There is, as Ariel sings in the famed “Part of Your World,” something starting inside the heart of a tender, curious, and desperate mermaid the same way it did in 1989, but Marshall’s vision finds the raw humanity within the story, grounding a once-completely fantastical tale with a strong sense of realism that works to its advantage.
The new movie follows the same trajectory of the 1989 Disney classic: Halle Bailey’s young mermaid Ariel, a curious soul who longs to experience life on land and connect with humans.
In an effort to sate her explorative soul in the wake of punishment from her father King Triton (Javier Bardem), she takes a risk and agrees to a devil’s bargain from Melissa McCarthy’s sinister Ursula that gives her three days to secure her place on land with a kiss from Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King).The film is unsubtle in its decision to introduce a major tonal shift within the way this classic Disney fairy tale is presented, centering a devastating Hans Christian Anderson quote about the suffering of mermaids as a word of caution.
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