The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Beginning (2008)

Not what I was expecting from Disney

My daughters kept waiting for the happy ending. They were shocked by Ariel's mother's death. Whereas I know my kids will learn sooner or later about the depressing aspects of real life, I really don't expect Disney movies to help them along on this front. Disney is supposed to be about dreams, wishes come true, and happy endings. This movie falls short of those expectations and just ended up disturbing my kids. October 7, 2008

Not Bad, but the orginal Little Mermaid is better

I was a bit let down by this. I expected more in line with the first one, with catchy songs, and great animation. This feels more like a "made for TV movie" which was released on DVD. October 6, 2008

Violent, scary and just plain stupid

This video is awful. It begins with a depressing story of how ariel's mother died and how this affected her father, ariel, and her sisters - just what you want your young child watching - right?

This movie also contains scary scenes and violence. October 3, 2008

Good But Not As Good As I & II

It was worth buying to complete our Ariel collection but it was not nearly as good as the first two Little Mermaid movies. October 3, 2008

PAHLEEZ!!

This movie is not that bad, being a kid from the 80's, i too remember the little mermaid, it was great, but watching this with my 3 girls, I LOVED IT more than they did! the animation was much better than the second mermaid movie (which i think stunk!) and this storyline wasn't all that but STILL better quality, better animation, and better concept for a story! overall, its a great movie, i was NOT looking forward to watching it, thinking that it would tank, but was pleasantly suprised and fell in love with it. its worth the buy. :) October 3, 2008

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