Review #15 | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

I guess we missed exploring 'under the sea' even though Ariel lived happily ever after that we demanded for a sequel.

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, 2000

Here's my review of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.

In this direct-to-video sequel to Disney's animated hit The Little Mermaid, Ariel (Jodi Benson) and Eric (Christopher Daniel Barnes) are the proud parents of a little girl named Melody (Tara Charendoff), who has begun to hear the call of the sea she has inherited from her mother. But wicked Morgana (Pat Carroll), the sister of Ursula, seeks revenge against Ariel, and has devised a scheme to take control of the oceans. As Melody goes to the waters in dreams of becoming a mermaid like her mother once was, he is drawn into Morgana's plot, and now Ariel must reunite with her childhood friend Sebastian (Samuel E. Wright) to save her daughter. Buddy Hackett and Kenneth Mars also lend their voices to this animated feature.

‘Well, now that we've made a great hit with The Little Mermaid wouldn't it be fun to do a sequel. Wouldn't it be fun to approach this a little differently, but this time, let us make Ariel’s daughter want to go back to the sea.’ I can imagine what the story writers where thinking. I think it was a good approach to the sequel, but unfortunately it seemed like re-telling of the story rather than giving us a new perspective.

Not to go too deep, it just wasn't Disney’s biggest efforts. If only they'd got more than money to think about, this would have been a great piece of work. But still, this movie is fun to watch and I assure parents that it will be a pleasing treat for young girls.

I can see that it was a secondary project that DisneyToon Studios were working for, and so it is mildly entertaining but never rubbish. This movie is not a bad movie, it has just enough laughs to keep our eyes watching.

Inside Outside Rating: 52%