Classic, but not as good as you might think. 1989. Directors: Juhn Musker, Ron Clements.
Ariel is a princess of the ocean, daughter to the mighty king Triton of the sea. The grogeous Ariel is living in the underwater palace Atlantica, but longs for a life as a human.
Her father has told his best friend, Sebastian the crab, to watch over Ariel, because she's very naive and she'll might get herself mixed up in something bad. Sebastian sees her collection of things from the human world, which no merpeople is allowed to make contact with.
Ariel and her friend, Flounder the fish, swim up to the ocean surface one night to watch the celebration of the birthday of prince Eric. Ariel is madly in love with the human prince.
When a storm hits the ship on which Eric is aboard, Ariel rescues Eric from drowning. She gets him to a beach and sings to him, but just before he wakes up, she leaves. He remembers her voice and wants to see the girl who saved him.
Ariel is desperate to see him again, so she goes to the evil Sea Witch Ursula who can make Ariel a human for three days. But the catch is that Ursula will make Ariel unable to speak during her human time. Without her voice, how will Ariel make Eric fall in love with her? If she can't make him fall in love with her within three days, Ursula will make Ariel her slave.
The story isn't bad at all, but the film isn't as good as it might sound. Sad but true. For really small children, this can be close to horror. Ursula is pretty scary later in the film, and some scenes can be unpleasant for small children. Just saying that. Some songs are really good.
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