Relying on a simple, recognized tale, great songs and marvellous animation, it turned its fortunes around.
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09/03/08
The Little Mermaid (1989)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:46
Rotten:5
Average Rating:8/10
Consensus: The Little Mermaid ushered in a new golden era for Disney animation with warm and charming hand-drawn characters and catchy musical sequences.
Runtime: 83 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: The Little Mermaid is Disney's animated version of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a mermaid who falls in love with a handsome prince whom she rescues from drowning. Disobeying her... [More]
Starring: Jodi Benson, Rene Auberjonois, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Pat Carroll
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements
Reviews for The Little Mermaid
Top CriticThis return to traditional Disney territory is geared to captivate children while allowing them to maintain their street cred, largely by combining extravagant animated technique with ranging musical styles.
06/24/06
Top CriticThis was the rebirth of Disney in the modern era and due to superb songs, enduring humour and a touching plot it remains an animation classic.
01/01/00
Top CriticDelivers exactly the right quotient of laughs, sniffles, scares and songs to remain sparkling family fun.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis is unquestionably the best animated film in many years and is therefore highly recommended.
10/18/08
You could wish upon a star and not conjure up a more joyous animated movie than this graceful retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen tale.
09/03/08
Top CriticWithin the apparently necessary aesthetic and ideological limitations (such as making the hero and heroine Americans surrounded by foreign servants a la Pinocchio), the animation manages to be fairly energetic.
09/03/08
Overall, it's an enjoyable film, thankfully free of the computerized look of later Disney cartoons, but it really can't compare to the real Disney classics.
09/02/08
Top CriticA fantastic success.
06/10/08
May represent Disney's best animated feature since the underrated Sleeping Beauty in 1959.
05/20/08
Top CriticA coming of age fable for both Disney and the mermaid heroine
07/20/07
The Little Mermaid was a mirage, not an oasis.
01/10/07
Still a great entertainment and a welcome addition to any Disney library.
10/27/06
The hand-drawn animation is terrific, and the soundtrack, which includes Part of Your World, Under the Sea and Kiss the Girl, is among Disney's best.
10/09/06
The Little Mermaid is the story of one packrat pre-tween princess whose undersea kingdom is only matched in depth by her remarkable sense of consumer-minded entitlement.
10/05/06
...cute, romantic, well-animated, well paced, and filled with more good music than Disney had produced in quite some time.
10/01/06
Huggable, lovable Disney. Before the corporation went dumpster diving.
08/21/05
An instant classic with a great story, great animation, great music, and a great villain.
05/12/05
No review available.
04/27/05
A surprising success, thanks largely to Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's brilliant songs.
03/03/05
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