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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Little
EAN: 0786936768916
Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Label: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageFrenchDubbedSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
MPN: 05781300
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 16, 2008
Running Time: 75 minutes
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 12/16/2008 Run time: 75 minutes Rating: G
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Ariel and her husband, Prince Eric, have a little problem with their daughter, Melody, in the sequel to Disney's landmark The Little Mermaid. Melody is threatened by Morgana, the evil sister of the sea witch Ursula (both voiced by Pat Carroll). Before you can say "Briar Rose," Melody's parents decide to keep their daughter's roots a secret, forbidding her to learn about the ocean while Morgana is around. Now the budding teenager secretly frolics in the sea with Ariel's old friends, Sebastian and Scuttle. When she learns the truth from Morgana, Melody becomes an unknowing pawn in her scheme--and Mom has to take to the sea again to help.
As with Disney's other made-for-video sequels, The Little Mermaid II looks and sounds wonderful (and reunites much of the same vocal talent). Four- to nine-year-olds who grew up with the original will certainly enjoy seeing the friends again. A new set of artists has come up with four catchy tunes and some fun new characters, including Tip and Dash, a pensive penguin and his blubbery walrus friend. Yet, where Beauty and the Beast had a deliberate Christmas-themed sequel, and Pocahontas told the tale of her historical trip to England, the plot here is very forced. It is pretty much a rehash of the first film with different characters. Tip and Dash are a reincarnation of Timon and Pumbaa, and Morgana is exactly like her sister, except thinner. Besides the stellar music, this unneeded sequel also misses another important aspect of the original--heart. --Doug Thomas
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From an adult perspective, this is just the original in reverse. Ariel wants to live on land, her daughter wants to live in the sea. Ursala is dead, so her sister Morgana plays the sea witch. It's cute, but isn't a truly original idea. I would only give it 3 stars, except.......
From my daughters perspective, it's wonderful. She is 5 and is a huge mermaid fan. She loves this movie (I have sat through it 10 time since Christmas) The movie was made with her age group in mind, so I had to go 4 stars because it hits the mark for the Ariel fans.
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I usually don't expect much from a direct-to-DVD sequel. Usually, it's just a way to give my three-year-old daughter her favorite characters without having to watch the original movie for the 3,000th time. But, The Little Mermaid II pleasantly surprised me.
The plot is basically a reverse of the original movie. After being threatened by the evil sea witch Morgana, Ariel decides it's not safe to tell her infant daughter, Melody, about her mermaid heritage. Flash forward 12 years and Ariel and Eric have built a wall around their castle to keep the pre-teen Melody from swimming out to the ocean. Of course, Melody disobeys, collects small treasures from beneath the waves and dreams of having fins. When Ariel gets wind of this, she flies off the handle and Melody runs to Morgana for help. Morgana agrees to turn her into a mermaid if she'll steal King Triton's magic trident.
Naturally, Melody gathers some cute animal sidekicks and stages a few impromptu musical numbers. ... Read More
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Animated primarily in Australia and Canada, this is the second in a trilogy of Mermaid movies; the first of course, being the theatrical megahit and the other two made for home video.
Return to the Sea takes no chances with its presold audience by having the daughter of Ariel experience a similar adventure as her mother with perhaps even more intense defiance (Ariel's issue with her father in the first film is freedom, Melody's problem in this film is with Ariel's reluctance to open communication). Without dropping a spoiler, there is even a plot development quite similar to the current Broadway version that does not happen in the original film.
The wonderful Pat Carroll returns -- instead of playing Ursula, she offers a different characterization as evil sister Morgana -- along with Jodi Benson, Buddy Hackett, Kenneth Mars, Rene Auberjonois and Sam Wright. Replacing Ben Wright (who passed away in 1989), Jason Marin and Christopher Daniel Barnes are Kay Kuter, ... Read More
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My daughter got this movie on VHS a couple of years ago, when she was four years old. She was totally into Ariel & the original movie at the time. She actually liked this movie better than the original, because the story is about a kid who wants to swim in the ocean, not a lovesick teenager. She could relate to it more. While it is clearly not as good as the original, if you have a Little Mermaid fan, they will enjoy this movie.
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This direct-to-video movie was released in 2000, 11 years after the original "Little Mermaid" was embraced by millions of Disney fans in 1989. This sequel is being released in a 1-disc special edition. As others have noted, it is a very similar rehashing of the original tale.
Ariel & Eric are married and have a beautiful dark-haired daughter, Melody. When Ursula's evil sister, Morgana, appears on the scene, King Triton & Ariel must protect Melody by building a large wall around the castle. Forbidding Melody to enter the ocean (thus keeping her away from both Morgana and her grandfather King Triton), Ariel keeps her heritage a secret. Many years later, as a teen, Melody experiences the angst of not fitting in, and wishing she were a mermaid. Morgana seizes the opportunity to exploit Melody's sadness and convinces her to steal her Grandfather's triton stick, which would give Morgana the power over the entire sea. Can you predict the rest? Sure, it's not too difficult. Again, this is ... Read More
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