The Little Mermaid

Movie • 2023

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Roger Ebert

Halle Bailey is radiant in the title role: Expressive, energetic and infinitely likable, with a mixture of girlish sweetness and womanly spine.

rogerebert.com/reviews/the-little-mermaid-movie-review-2023

The New York Times

The new, live-action 'The Little Mermaid' is everything nobody should want in a movie: dutiful and defensive, yet desperate for approval.

nytimes.com/2023/05/24/movies/little-mermaid-review-halle-bailey.html

Common Sense Media

This version explores Eric's character more than the original did, takes time to show Ariel and Eric building a genuine connection with each other.

commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-little-mermaid-2023

NPR

The movie is pleasant enough, but I wouldn't call it see-worthy.

npr.org/2023/05/26/1177917346/the-little-mermaid-review-remake-disney-halle-bailey

Variety

Halle Bailey is all the reason that any audience should need to justify Disney revisiting this classic.

variety.com/2023/film/reviews/the-little-mermaid-review-halle-bailey-melissa-mccarthy-1235620560/

Entertainment Weekly

Halle Bailey as Ariel in 'The Little Mermaid' breathes new life into the role with a performance that captures both the heart and the human world's fascination.

ew.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-little-mermaid-review-halle-bailey/

The Direct

'The Little Mermaid' is filled with a few great performances from Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy, but it's a mostly paint-by-numbers remake.

thedirect.com/article/the-little-mermaid-remake-reviews-critics-reactions-movie

Rotten Tomatoes

With the embargo lifting, we finally get to see how critics are responding to the final product, and it turns out Bailey is the best thing about the film.

editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/the-little-mermaid-2023-first-reviews/