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The Little Mermaid 2 - Return To The Sea [2000]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5017188881333
Label : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Manufacturer : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Publisher : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Release date : 2007-05-25
Title : The Little Mermaid 2 - Return To The Sea [2000]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Universal, suitable for all
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Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 2000-01-01
Region code : 2
Running time : 72
Studio : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Theatrical releaseDate : 2000
Number of discs : 1

Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Ariel and her husband, Prince Eric, have a little problem with their daughter, Melody, in The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea, 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 Mum has to take to the sea again to help.

As with Disney's other made-for-video sequels, The Little Mermaid 2 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 somewhat 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, Amazon.com

Customer reviews

review by: tatethegr8 date: 2006-12-11 rating:

Not 'Part of My World'
I loved the first Little Mermaid film (I even had a fish called flounder and the Arial Barbie Doll!) but I really didn't like this sequal. I felt the plot lacked tension and the characters, great in the first film, have become incredibly annoying, especially Arial who has become some madly obsessed mother who is determined to keep Melody, her daughter, out of the sea whatever it takes after Ursula's sister, Morganna has threatened to harm the little girl.

Of course in true film fashion Melody, who has a strange lure to the sea and wants to be a mermaid completely ignores her mothers warning and goes into the sea anyhow. Arial, now a fully-fledged human, goes back to her mermaid roots to look for her little girl. To me this whole thing is a reversal of the first film with Arial wanting to be human and Melody a Mermaid (You can never satisfy that family can you?!)

The Songs in this sequal are weak and poor, none of them even touch 'Part of Your World' from the first film, which along with 'A whole New World' is one of my favourite disney songs.

This film didn't measure up for me. I felt all the characters were very weAk, and Arial, where lovable in the first film, has now become grating. And what has happened to Flounders voice? Shock Horror, he has a perminat cold!!!!!

I can't say I'd watch this film again - Its just not Part of My World!

review by: bookreader date: 2006-11-26 rating:

good
Of course this film could never beat the original, but it is still pretty enjoyable if you don't compare it too much. One of the better disney sequels.

review by: date: 2006-11-12 rating:

Perfectly Watchable Disney Sequel - for kids
Disney have a bit of a reputation of making rubbish sequels. "The Little Mermaid" is one of the top three or four Disney animations ever made and this sequel is better than most that come out of the firm. The storyline is well thought through and it is well animated. Sure it is not a patch on the original, and the songs are pretty lame, but it is pleasantly watchable and the kids will like it. If your child likes "The Little Mermaid" then this should keep them happy.

review by: date: 2004-12-15 rating:

rubbish
I really liked the first little mermaid was my favourite disney flim i was really looking foward to the sequel. i was very disappointed the pictures are rubbish the songs are lame and the characters have all different voices and different personalities and they are all drawn very wonky. Buy the oringal dont buy this one.

review by: tokyopoprulz2 date: 2004-05-08 rating:

It could have been something brilliant!
I recently bought the Little Mermaid (original version) on video from Amazon, and loved it even more than the first time I saw it (when I was about six!) But when I watched The Little Mermaid 2 to compare, I found it couldn't measure up at all. The animation isn't as beautiful, it's coloured so brightly it nearly does your eyes in. The two things I hated the most were the voice acting, and the changing completely of Prince Eric's character. Sebastian, Ariel, Flounder and Eric's voices have all changed, which totally alters their characters. I felt like throwing something at the TV whenever any of those characters opened their mouths, particular Sebastian. Eric is now just the sympathetic husband and father, and doesn't have half the personality that he had in the first film. In The Little Mermaid, every song was wonderful, even Ursula's solo, but in the sequel the songs are only so-so; alright, but not something you'll still remember when you have kids of your own.

After all, the film is still Disney, and it was a good idea; but poorly carried out. The undersea animation is almost as beautiful as the original, but still waaay too brightly coloured. If you are a die-hard "Little Mermaid" fan, then you might want to at least see it, but if not, avoid at all costs!

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