not as good as I expected

Rating: 3/10 (7 September 2000)

But what do I know, I'm not a kid anymore.
As an adult viewer, I have to say I was dissapointed with this movie when I saw it recently on video. If I had kids, I wouldn't be overeager to share this with them - but kids like what they like. What stuck in my craw the most was the storyline of Ariel thinking she needed to give up her family, home under the sea, and a part of her body for this guy (okay, he's a Prince and "The Love of Her Life", yadda, yadda, yadda...). Maybe it's just the millenium talking, but it's not a message that needs to be promoted to all the little girls out there.
Feminist rant aside, it wasn't as funny and magical as say, Beauty and the Beast. I really enjoy the humour in Disney animated films. Mulan was entertaining in that way. All in all, The Little Mermaid is, by now, a little dated for my taste.