UHD Review The Little Mermaid (2023) UHD Review (1 Viewer)

[Todd Erwin]

Disney’s latest live-action update to one of its beloved animated classics, The Little Mermaid, arrives on 4K UHD Blu-ray as retail exclusives at Best Buy (in steelbook packaging), Walmart, and Disney Movie Club.



The Little Mermaid (2023)



Released: 26 May 2023
Rated: PG
Runtime: 135 min




Director: Rob Marshall
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy



Cast: Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy
Writer(s): David Magee, Hans Christian Andersen, John Musker



Plot: A young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince.



IMDB rating: 7.2
MetaScore: 59





Disc Information



Studio: Disney
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[Noel Aguirre]

I don’t understand what you mean by you won’t discuss the international casting then you discuss the casting itself i.e. Mellisa McCarthy is the weakest link?

 

[Noel Aguirre]

Pales in comparison to the original. How this was given 4 stars is beyond me.

 

[Todd Erwin]

How this was given 4 stars is beyond me.

The disc was, the movie wasn't.

Movie: 3.5/5
Video: 5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Special Features: 3/5
Overall: 4/5

 

[Noel Aguirre]

The disc was, the movie wasn't.

Movie: 3.5/5
Video: 5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Special Features: 3/5
Overall: 4/5

Ok even 3.5 was genorous. As you state it’s basically flat. But it’s also poorly directed. There’s no tension nor joy like in the original. And Sebastian the crab and Ursula are just terrible when compared to animations and their corresponding voices. The prince couldn’t have been more bland. The film for all its great special effects never comes to life and is just a mundane recap of the original. The TV Live version with Queen Latifah was even better IMO and she should have repeated that role here. A real misfire IMO.

 

[jim_falconer]

Ok even 3.5 was genorous. As you state it’s basically flat. But it’s also poorly directed. There’s no tension nor joy like in the original. And Sebastian the crab and Ursula are just terrible when compared to animations and their corresponding voices. The prince couldn’t have been more bland. The film for all its great special effects never comes to life and is just a mundane recap of the original. The TV Live version with Queen Latifah was even better IMO and she should have repeated that role here. A real misfire IMO.

You basically recapped every live Disney remake of their resurgent animation period from ‘89-‘99. Each one seems worst than the one put out before it.

 

[JC Riesenbeck]

Should have been given 4.5 you snobby old fuddy-duddies.