Minutes into Disney’s “live-action” remake of The Little Mermaid and it becomes impossible to not compare this overlong, overbaked version to the 1989 original animated classic that set off the Disney Animation Renaissance of the late 1980s after years of mediocrity and failures, restoring the Mouse House to its former glory before going on to dominate the entertainment world. Unlike most of Disney’s recent remakes, knowledge of John Musker and Ron Clements’s film feels like a necessary requirement, almost as if they're counting on your love of these songs and characters to help distract you from what a poor unfortunate imitation it is.
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