Wow. What kind of film is this. This is such a boring film and this film is not at all a masterpiece. This film is so childish that only kids will like it and It was so stupid. The acting was a bit okay, the music is fine but the story is stupid. This is probably one of the dumbest Disney movies I saw. 5/10

This was the final film my aunt and I viewed today, again on VHS. I was really elated from this morning to see this, as it begun what many people my brother's age proclaim as the best Disney era. So here lie my thoughts on it.While the story doesn't adapt everything in the Andersen tale, it pulled off some really great humor and magic that made Disney glorious again back in 1989. Almost every scene in this movie ended up taking my mind to places of fascination, which I would say even rival some films I consider a 10. The character development was absurdly strong, providing with it the lessons of knowing the implications of selfishness, and I do think Ursula is one of the better Disney Villains from her complex motives and just being all around awesome. The animation is of a quality I cannot describe; I could say that it conveys vivid environments and character designs, and I could say that it really does upgrade the occasional slapstick and sight gags, but that wouldn't scratch the surface of what Disney has achieved here. I will say right now that only Mary Poppins has a better overall score among all the Disney films I have seen; in the animated canon, though, this takes the cake. The 3 main songs of this movie all deserve to be remembered for years and really do serve as a foreshadowing to the career of the amazing Alan Menken.Any Disney fan or animation historian will want to view this movie for the impact it has made. While I still stand by that the Renaissance actually started with The Great Mouse Detective, this solidified its existence and brought complete stability to the company. Just for that, I want to give this film a special place in my heart. I possess optimism that many of you out there reading this will find at least 2 things to enjoy. For a Disney film, that's well above a compliment, but I feel it meritorious of such.

A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain with an unscrupulous sea- witch in order to meet a human prince on land. Can someone explain to me how this Amazing Film has such a low rating here on IMDb? The Little Mermaid is not just a great movie but it's also a great animated film with characters that everyone can relate to for example girls related to Ariel and boys probably with Eric me on the other hand i found Sebastian to be the one that steals the show plus he was hilarious within his scenes with the Cook. The animation is very beautiful, the songs are fantastic and Ariel is probably the most beautiful of all the Disney Princesses out there and if it wasn't for Chris Stuckmann i would have probably never watched this underrated Classic and without any hesitation this film gets an A+

This is a masterwork for Disney Studios. The story alone would be enough to carry this. We have great undersea characters whose level of knowledge is restricted to their environment, naturally. We have a nasty villain, Ursula, who is jealous and pained by her own appearance and awful voice. We have a longing for something that is not easily understood by the other characters. Take a really neat plot and throw in some amazing songs. I mean Broadway songs. Animation has become its own Broadway with very little tweaking. Ariel is a fully developed character with wants and needs. She is a strong "woman." One may find the need for a man a bit sexist at times, but it is more of a longing. We then have a willingness to give up everything (her voice in particular) to experience what it would be like to be a woman. Looking back on this film, we see the die is cast for success after success with some of the best pop music ever written.