The Little Mermaid
Dir: John Musker and Ron Clements
Star (voice): Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Pat Carroll, Rene Auberjonois
[9] There used to be
rumours that Walt Disney had made pornographic cartoons, which were
locked away deep in the vaults of Disneyworld. While T.L.M. is no X-
rated movie, it's story resembles The Trials of Traci (mermaid
goes onto land seeking mate) and the heroine looks less like Snow
White, and more like Cherry Poptart, star of a comic book high on
H.M. Customs' hit-list. Very suspicious. And then there's all these
hidden messages - beautiful people are good, ugly ones are bad -
designed to influence our children. It's a plot, I tell ya! Paranoia
aside, this is good stuff, almost classic Disney and easily better
than any of the American competition. While the animation may be
simplified to reduce effort, it's rarely noticeable - people lack
teeth, that's all. Nice songs, an evil villainess and an entirely
predictable story: exactly what one expects from Disney.
8/10
