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So this 'Little Mermaid' isn't going to usher in anything besides a lot of money. In 1989, the cartoon 'Little Mermaid,' coming after three decades of mediocre animation, ushered in a Disney renaissance that soon produced 'Beauty And The Beast,' 'Lion King' and 'Aladdin.' All of those have subsequently gotten live-action makeovers. MONDELLO: You can admire all the hard work and still wonder whether this particular vehicle justifies the effort. In short, at least as much thought has been put into making this new version inclusive as into imagining how dancing seahorses might look in a photorealistic world.ĭIGGS: (As Sebastian) Watch this. And there are Asian, Latino and Indigenous faces everywhere, including underwater, where ethnic diversity establishes that Ariel and her six sisters have each come from one of the seven seas. UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (As characters, vocalizing). MONDELLO: Where the first film had a mostly European feel apart from Sebastian's Crabbean (ph) accent, the filmmakers have set this one firmly in the Caribbean, an island kingdom that a bit of dialogue establishes was once a trade hub, explaining a populace that's as multicultural as the audience Disney is hoping to attract. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, 'FOR THE FIRST TIME')īAILEY: (As Ariel, singing) Everything's clearer and brighter and hotter, but now that I'm here like a fish out of water, I'm trying to stand. The new film is almost an hour longer than the old one, but there are also new Alan Menken songs with Lin-Manuel Miranda nicely reflecting the late Howard Ashman's taste for rhyme-happy lyrics. There are things you can't unsee, like Javier Bardem's tummy undulations when he flicks his tail as King Triton and things that take more time when you need them to look real. He's mostly substituting digital animation for hand-drawn here, so calling the film live action is a stretch, but give the studio its concept. MONDELLO: So far, so familiar, as the director duplicates scenes and camera moves in photorealistic fashion. I'm a very busy woman, and I haven't got all day. MELISSA MCCARTHY: (As Ursula, singing) Come on, you poor, unfortunate soul. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, 'POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS')

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MONDELLO: They're voiced by Daveed Diggs and Awkwafina, respectively, while Ariel's devious aunt Ursula the sea witch is played in full octopus drag with eight glow-in-the-dark tentacles by Melissa McCarthy. You got it?ĪWKWAFINA: (As Scuttle) Got it. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, 'THE LITTLE MERMAID')ĭAVEED DIGGS: (As Sebastian) Are you listening to me?ĭIGGS: (As Sebastian) You won't tell him. MONDELLO: Ariel will be tested when she rescues a hunky prince from a shipwreck and falls for him while he's unconscious - maybe his best look, actually, Ariel's companion, Sebastian the crab, knows King Triton will disapprove and suspects that their gull pal Scuttle will not be much help. MONDELLO: Bailey's voice is gorgeous and her presence lovely, with presumably digital hair bobbing underwater, eyes sparkling, scales glistening.īAILEY: (As Ariel, singing) Up where they walk, up where they run, up where they stay all day in the sun. HALLE BAILEY: (As Ariel, singing) Flipping your fins, you don't get too far. MONDELLO: And you wonder, will you love her again in the flesh, as it were? Well, filmmaker Rob Marshall and star Halle Bailey make that part easy. JODI BENSON: (As Ariel, singing) I want to be where the people are.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, 'PART OF YOUR WORLD') Critic Bob Mondello says the new 'Little Mermaid' is a throwback, too.īOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: You loved Ariel as a kid, when she was a two-dimensional mermaid who yearned to be up on the surface.

Now Ariel and her pals have been given a live-action makeover.

SUMMERS: A classic Disney princess story, it was a throwback to early Disney in many ways, a fairy tale filled with songs and romance. SAMUEL ERNEST WRIGHT: (As Sebastian, singing) Under the sea, under the sea. In 1989, the Walt Disney Company released one of its last hand-drawn feature films, 'The Little Mermaid.'

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