Pretty Good

Rating: 8/10 (19 February 2006)

Okay so I really liked this movie. Yes, I saw it when I was probably 4 or 5 years old. That was several years ago. But it's still pretty good. It has its highs and its lows really.
Basically it's the story of a teenage mermaid who wants to live on land. She collects treasures from land such as a 'dinglehopper' (a fork, but she thinks it's a comb) and a statue of a handsome prince. She rescues this prince one night when he drowns and sings to him, deciding she's in love. Her father has told her time and time again not to go above the surface, but what does she care? He tells Sebastian, his lobster or crab or whatever, to watch her, but he gets dragged into the drama. In the end, she makes a bet with Ursuala the sea witch, where Ursula takes her voice and gives her legs. She has three days to kiss him or Ursula gets her 'Poor Unfortunate Soul.' Of course, she kisses him, they fall in love and get married, and her dad approves in the end.
The best part of this movie is the music. I'm listening to it now. It puts out that you should risk EVERYTHING for a guy you've never really met, and little girls shouldn't think that. The thing is, that's not what kids get out of the movie, no matter what some people say! One thing I really don't get is how she can get married. She's a teenager (I've heard 13, I've heard 16, it really doesn't matter which is true) so how does she marry?? Anyways, this movie has great music and awesome characters, and you can easily fall in love with it.