Spoiler: this movie is garbage. Say what you want about artistic interpretation, but this film had me banging my head against the wall from the opening scene. The constant slow-motion shots only prolonged the agony of poor acting, terrible white-balance, and complete lack of realistic character action. However, this is a great film to force your friends to watch if you are made happy by the suffering of others.

I can't believe I am even writing a review. I don't know what the previous reviewers were on (may be affiliated with the creators) but this was probably the worst movie I've ever seen.The modern take on this classic tale had so much potential but the execution was beyond terrible. This felt like a student project than anything. Obviously they had no budget, but you don't need money to tell an interesting story. This had nothing to say. The pacing was all off, the introduction doesn't make sense at all, bad acting and bad dialogue (almost on the level of The Room), bland shallow characters, did not buy the central love story at all, and the whole stripper thing did not make sense and felt exploitative!!!It's a shame because there were some artful camera work, just the story and direction was so amateurish and made no sense at all.

Little Mermaid, and independent and not widely known interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's classic and most beloved fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" is a powerful, faithful and tragic retelling of the story.Our heroine wishes to be human and sells her voice to the sea witch, classic right? But here they show us in vivid, intimate and hurtful detail just how big a part human interaction plays in this tragedy. Petty jealousies and misunderstandings unwittingly send the two lovers into a downward spiral that ends only in suffering. The Sea Witch plays a wicked part, too.This is a true fairy tale full of all of the love and heartbreak that turns a simple child's story into an epic of character, emotion and essence. 8/10

I have read the Hans Christian Anderson version of this classic tale since I was a little girl. I have watched many remakes and I give this one props for telling the story the way it should be. The main characters have raw chemistry. The title soundtrack adds to the flow of the film and leaves the audience in memorization of the love story. The only critique I will say is on the editing between camera shots. There were a few parts of the film where it was noticeable and distracted from the acting. Overall it had cinematic value while keeping the story true to the book. The ending of the film was beautiful, though could have choose a more soft sounding song to end with. Worth the watch on Amazon Prime!