The Little Mermaid 3D (1989)
Average Rating: 8.1/10
Reviews Counted: 56
Fresh: 51 | Rotten: 5
The Little Mermaid ushered in a new golden era for Disney animation with warm and charming hand-drawn characters and catchy musical sequences.
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 1
The Little Mermaid ushered in a new golden era for Disney animation with warm and charming hand-drawn characters and catchy musical sequences.
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Movie Info
Disney's The Little Mermaid was the first in a series of blockbusters that restored the venerable firm's reputation as the world's premiere animated-feature factory. The title character is a precocious teenager named Ariel, the daughter of Triton, king of the Sea. Against her dad's wishes, Ariel journeys beyond her own world to the surface, where she falls in love with Prince Eric, a handsome human. Foolishly, the little mermaid enters into an agreement with evil sea witch Ursula in order to
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Jodi Benson
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Sam E. Wright
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Kenneth Mars
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Buddy Hackett
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Gerrit Graham
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All Critics (56) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (5) | DVD (29)
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.
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.
A fantastic success.
May represent Disney's best animated feature since the underrated Sleeping Beauty in 1959.
This 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.
A marvel of skillful animation, witty songwriting and smart planning.
Everything is just right in this cheerful adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen tale ... In addition to reviving the animated art form, The Little Mermaid also brought melody back to the movies.
It's all in the details, and Disney really ramped up the animation and backgrounds to create an undersea world that was nothing short of spectacular.
[Blu-ray Review] One of those special and rare animated pics that does just about everything exceedingly well. A must-buy!
Doesn't quite work as a narrative, but manages to induce awe with its timeless soundtrack and production quality.
Superb, entertaining animated musical has some scary stuff.
The long-awaited proof that Disney animation could, in fact, return almost the quality and beauty of its Golden Age.
This is unquestionably the best animated film in many years and is therefore highly recommended.
Relying on a simple, recognized tale, great songs and marvellous animation, it turned its fortunes around.
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.
A coming of age fable for both Disney and the mermaid heroine
The Little Mermaid was a mirage, not an oasis.
Still a great entertainment and a welcome addition to any Disney library.
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.
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.
...cute, romantic, well-animated, well paced, and filled with more good music than Disney had produced in quite some time.
Audience Reviews for The Little Mermaid 3D
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- Ariel: [sung] I don't know when/I don't know how/But I know something's starting right now/Watch and you'll see/Some day I'll be/Part of your world.
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- Sebastian: Down here all the fish is happy / As off to the waves they roll / The fish on the land ain't happy / They sad 'cause they in the bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate / One day when the boss get hungry... Fish: Guess who gonna be on the plate?
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- Ariel: [regarding King Triton, as Sebastian watches, unobserved] If only I could make him understand. I just don't see things the way he does. I just don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad. [She begins singing "Part of Your World."] Look at this stuff, isn't it neat? / Wouldn't ya think my collection's complete / Wouldn't you think I'm the girl / Girl who has everything / Look at this trove, treasures untold / How many wonders can one cavern hold? / Looking around you'd think / Sure, she's got everything / I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty / I have whoozits and whatzis galore / You want thingamabobs? I've got twenty / But who cares? No big deal / I want more.
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- Scuttle: [Looking throught the wrong end of a telescope, shouting as if Ariel was far away] Whoa! Mermaid off the port bow! Ariel! How you doin', kid? [Ariel pulls down the telescope] Whoa, what a swim.
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- Ariel: All right, I'm going inside. You can just stay here and watch for sharks.
- Flounder: Okay. Yeah, you go. I'll just stay and... What? Sharks? Ariel!
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- Scuttle: I haven't seen this in years, this is *wonderful*!
- Ariel: What is it?
- Scuttle: A banded, bulbous snarfblatt.
- Ariel: Ohhh.
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Foreign Titles
- Arielle, die Meerjungfrau (DE)
- The Little Mermaid (UK)
