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The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
2008
· Movie
· 77 min
C
MEANRANK
60/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #572
- IMDb #506
- Rotten Tomatoes #453
- Letterboxd #535
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #402
- Criticker #347
Every rating
28–84
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 28, highest is Google on 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In this prequel, the underwater kingdom of Atlantica is a somber place where music is forbidden by King Triton, who is still grieving the loss of his wife. His youngest daughter, Ariel, discovers a secret music club and reignites her father's passion for music, challenging the gloomy law and helping to restore joy to the kingdom long before she ever sees a human.
Details
- Director
- Peggy Holmes
- Writers
- Evan Spiliotopoulos, Jenny Wingfield, Jule Selbo, Robert Reece
- Based on
- The Little Mermaid
- Studio
- DisneyToon Studios
- Released
- 25 August 2008
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Rated
- PG
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