The Little Mermaid

The 1989 Disney Little Mermaid is for all its problematic elements, a real winner. If you can, as I have, looked past the 16-year old marriages and man-centric life goals, there is a tale here to be admired. The titular mermaid does many admirable and sensible things, such as; keep a sweet cave of creepy mementos, defy her lame dad, make a deal with one of the very campiest Disney villains, sacrifice dramatically to reach her goals, and sing hot jams all along the way. The only way this movie could be improved is if the heroic tiny sea-gal teamed up with the witch and kept her dad in the kelp garden longer.