This is not the Disney live action version of The Little Mermaid. There are no talking crabs or adorable neon colored fish. This is the other live action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, based on Hans Christian Anderson’s original fairy tale. It looks… pretty much terrible, but maybe kind of wonderful? I don’t know. The setting (the circus in the South) and the apparent framing device (old person telling a story to younger relatives) do give me a sort of Big Fish vibe, which I love, but it also seems pretty much like a Feature Films for Families joint. I bet I would love it if I had grown up watching it without knowing it was bad, though. I still have affection for The Buttercream Gang after all.
This take on the classic follows a journalist and his little sister who travel to Mississippi to find a real mermaid.
This take on the classic follows a journalist and his little sister who travel to Mississippi to find a real mermaid.
- 3/10/2017
- by Mily Dunbar
- GeekTyrant
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