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Missed the mark in so many ways: It's a children's movie, why are the colors so dark and muted (I did like Ursula's glowing tentacles)? Not saying it had to be bright, bubble gum pop colors but I could barely see what was going on half the time. Just doesn't seem the imagery was made with children in mind.

Why no background vocals? The musical numbers in the original Little Mermaid were FANTASTIC. This time they tuned them way down and took away all the excitement. Hallie sings well, but I still think background vocals would have made all of the songs sound soooo much better.

Loved Melissa McCarthy as Ursula.

Since they went out of their way to explain why Eric had parents of two races where was the explanation for why King Tristan had daughters of all races?

It was a decent attempt, but an absolute fail at being anywhere close to as good as the original. Meh.

Very mediocre acting, except for the mother, Gale who carries the show. The daughter, Becca, who looks like she's 30 years old is made to be very unlikeable because of how disrespectful she is to her mother. Not all teens are like this, I wish they would quit portraying them this way so much. Also, parents like Gale who just stand there and let their children insult them and disrespect them is another trend in movies that needs to stop. This movie seems very low budget, even for a lifetime movie. If you're into lifetime movies (I'm not, but I was home sick from work and nothing else was on), then you probably enjoyed this. Otherwise, it's corny and painfully predictable.