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The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008)

  • 62% of users liked it
    (5,823 ratings)

This prequel to Disney's widely acclaimed feature film The Little Mermaid follows Ariel's adventures from long before she gave up her fins for true love. When she wasn't singing alongside her sisters, Ariel spent her time with her mother, Queen Athena. Ariel is devastated when Athena is… More

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G,
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Genres
Animation, Kids & Family
In Theaters
Aug 26, 2008 Wide
Walt Disney Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile

    It's a beautifully told, charming story with lyrical songs and fabulous dance routines

  • Rory L. Aronsky, Film Threat

    Should Disney continue with other straight-to-DVD sequels or prequels like this one, "Bambi II"....needs to be required viewing. A close relationship between characters, as with Bambi and his father, works. An insufferable Flounder does not.

  • Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

    for young girls and die-hard Little Mermaid fans, it works

  • David Cornelius, DVDTalk.com

    Perfectly watchable yet not entirely memorable.

  • James Plath, Movie Metropolis

    A tuneful, colorful, under-the-sea adventure that should appeal to boys as well as girls. But for if you ask me, there was just one dugong too many.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Luke B


    Judge it compared to the original and it looks awful. For a direct to video film, and compared to the sequel, it's pretty darn good. The best thing about it, is that it doesn't go for bigger action. Had it done, it would lesson the impact of the adventure in the original.… More

  • Dead A


    This was boring :|

  • Dannielle A


    Much more chessey than the first two, but if I were younger I think I'd love it. I enjoyed getting to know Ariel's sisters in this movie, who we were very briefly introduced to in the first movie due to cut scenes. I think a younger audience would enjoy this one.

  • Jackson W


    I surprisingly liked Little Mermaid 3 and I'll tell you why. It was an original story that answered questions left unsaid in the original (i.e. Ariel's mother) and also provided a background to Atlantica that makes the first film all the more enjoyable than it formerly was.… More

  • Remi L


    I tried to sit through the whole thing, but my attention span is only so long. I used to watch the Little Mermaid television series and I think if this movie had come out then, I would've been mildly entertained. The FIRST sequel was better than this one. I didn't even… More

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