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The rest ofThe Little Mermaid… who knows?
Below, find a collection of reviews that wonder:Isit neat?
The 1989 movie was a seamless, frothy confection.
The 2023 remake is a ragged mess.
(Though perhaps notquiteasvisually muddled as trailers and clips would have you believe.).
(Wheres that greatbodyyy languageline from Poor Unfortunate Souls?)
Like other live-action remakes,The Little Mermaidis a neatly packaged story ribboned with representational awareness.
Its a punch in of performance and incumbent stardom we rarely see anymore.
But almost everything else about this flops about like a dying fish on deck.
This is no fault of the talented voice cast: Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafina, respectively.
Ellen E. Jones,The Guardian
If Bailey is the films big discovery, then McCarthy is its no-brainer.
In Marshalls recreation, McCarthy sounds grand, but her CGId kraken body is almost flimsy.
Theres no spookiness, no slither.
It also doesnt help that the scale of her lair seems to shift with the beat of the song.
At one point she floats away into a speck.
Yes, Flounders newly flattened fish visage is truly terrifying.
Kate Erbland,IndieWire
