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.
