Don't waste your time. Acting is horrible and the storyline is awful. Don't recommend for anyone.

This is certainly not Disney's cartoon version for kids. Although there's no nudity, the titular character sleeps with a couple of men. She also gets a job at a strip club where the dancers only get down to their undergarments. The movie isn't about sex, but it is used to make points about people.Really, what this movie shows is despair and how different people react to challenges in their lives. It's an interesting take on a classic story but not worth either the polar opposite reviews I've read. The acting is OK to good but clearly not a high budget movie. It also isn't a disaster of a film and worth the 90 minutes I spent watching it.

Good: 1. Music selection 2. Camera work was shaky but I liked the shots and angles that were used 3. The dramatic reading when Ariel narrates her thoughts 4. Ariels character was OK but I still couldn't buy into the ending up in bed with that guy the second she comes out of the water to dancing like she's been a stripper her whole life 5. I was able to watch it until the end so it was not unbearable to watch just easy to critique.Bad: 1. Seemed like a script written by Matt to live out a little fantasy, not a lot of depth to the characters..about as much as you would get from a soft core porn. 2. Overall the acting wasn't great by anyone but they are all amateur so understandable I guess, but the sea witch was like watching someone audition for a school play.

Funny how the few "glowing" reviews of this are from people who signed up a month ago and wrote ONE review saying how magical this is.Trust me, it's awful, slow, depressing, poorly filmed, woefully acted, reeks of micro budget and it's just a painful watch. It's not often I come across a film like this, that is so terrible, it makes you question how some people really are allowed to make movies. This really does feel like something that was put together for public access TV.I'm guessing that given another month or so, the rating numbers on here will drop drastically once the honest ratings from genuine movie goers are totted up.Real bottom of the barrel stuff with zero redeeming features I'm afraid.