A headstrong mermaid falls in love with a human prince and makes a faustian bargain with an unscrupulous sea witch to become human.
Genre: Feature Film Family
Rating: NR
Release Date: 3-OCT-2006
Media Type: DVD

From the moment that Prince Eric’s ship emerged from the fog in the opening credits it was apparent that Disney had somehow, suddenly recaptured that “magic” that had been dormant for thirty years. In the tale of a headstrong young mermaid who yearns to “spend a day, warm on the sand,” Ariel trades her voice to Ursula, the Sea Witch (classically voiced by Pat Carroll), for a pair of legs. Ariel can only succeed if she receives true love’s kiss in a few day’s time and she needs all the help she can from a singing crab named Sebastian, a loudmouth seagull, and a flounder. The lyrics and music by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken are top form: witty and relevant, and they advance the story (go on, hum a few bars of “Under the Sea”). Mermaid put animation back on the studio’s “to do” list and was responsible for ushering Beauty and the Beast to theaters. A modern Disney classic. –Keith Simanton

My daughter will be 3 next February and this was her first taste of Disney Princess movies. She instantly fell in love and asks to watch it every week. We haven’t given in but it is clear she is really paying attention to a lot more details than just the pretty colors and schemes. She is actually reciting the story to me and laughs at appropriate jokes. I love seeing the joy in her face. The movie is great and not too many scary scenes for the little ones as some of the other Disney movies. This one is a winner!

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