sagitarius-40472 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.

sidacocoa 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.

phantasmda 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.

annaboutin 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!