The Little Mermaid (2023) | Rotten Tomatoes (2025)

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The youngest of King Triton's daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life -- and her father's crown -- in jeopardy.

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With Halle Bailey making a major splash in the title role, Disney's live-action Little Mermaid ranks among the studio's most enjoyable reimaginings.

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Halle Bailey is outstanding in The Little Mermaid -- and most of the other new additions to this version of the story hit the mark as well.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

Halle Bailey is doing her damndest, in spite of underwater CGI effects that frankly make her look like a waxwork.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 18, 2024

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Caroline Siede

Girl Culture (Substack)

The delightful sits alongside the baffling in Marshall’s adaptation, which is so often the way it goes with these Disney live action remakes.

Oct 2, 2023

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Parts of this movie are truly enchanting, especially the underwater scenes. The opening moments on Prince Eric’s ship are thrillingly filmed and the “Under the Sea” number is a glorious Busby Berkeley underwater fantasia.

Rated: B+

Jul 7, 2023

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Calum Cooper

Cinerama Film

The result is another mixed bag that may contain some rare pearls within its shell but can only dream of being part of its animated counterpart’s world.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 19, 2024

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Savina Petkova

A Good Movie To Watch

The film feels at once too stunted for an actual musical and too expansive to be just another movie.

Rated: 6.9/10

Oct 29, 2023

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Shawn Edwards

Fox 4 Kansas City

The music does seem to soar for the most part, and the movie is all elevated by Halle Bailey, she's fantastic.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 27, 2023

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Brandi It is a great movie for children and adults! Our 1 year old tried to stay up to watch the entire movie, but she just couldn't keep her eyes open any longer. The movie kept her interested the entire time she watched it. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/27/24 Full Review Sheila Loved the movie. The kids loved it too. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/24/24 Full Review RJ Halle’s singing gives me chills. The only one who could have sang Part of Your World the way she did. She did an AMAZING job. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/23/24 Full Review Nathan This was actually Amazing that’s all I have to say Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/19/24 Full Review Haley R So beautiful seeing this childhood favorite come to live action. They did a beautiful job. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/16/24 Full Review Isaiah A It was absolutely, ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL🔥🔥!! I enjoyed every second of it. Halle Bailey did a phenomenal job as Ariel. Not just with the acting part but also the singing part. Also I liked how it perfectly balanced with keeping some of the things we liked about the original animated 1989 film while also providing some new things. I also liked the new songs that were added. Not to mention, this version also shed some light on the original. This is the best Disney live action remake I’ve seen since The Jungle Book, Aladdin and The Lion King. So without further ado, I’m gonna give The Little Mermaid (2023) an A+. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/11/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rob Marshall Director Halle Bailey Ariel Jonah Hauer-King Prince Eric Javier Bardem King Triton Melissa McCarthy Ursula Daveed Diggs Sebastian

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