THE LITTLE MERMAID is an unusual love story between a mermaid princess and a human prince. Ariel (Halle Bailey) is a mermaid and one of the seven daughters of King Triton (Javier Bardem). She is quite fascinated by the human world and human beings and wants to know more about… them. She keeps collecting souvenirs from shipwrecks, as part of her interest in the human world. Triton detests this behaviour. He feels that humans are evil and that they are responsible for the death of his wife and Ariel’s mother. Ariel, however, continues with her obsession. One day, she gets close to the ship of Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King). She overhears his talk with Prime Minister Grimsby (Art Malik) and realizes that he’s a kind and compassionate man. The ship gets trapped in a storm and Ariel saves Eric’s life. She sings a song while trying to revive Eric. Eric, in a half-unconscious state, sees a brief glimpse of her. Ariel runs away as Eric’s crew comes running to save the Prince. After Eric recovers, he tells his officials to find the girl who saved him. Queen Selina (Noma Dumezweni), however, bars him from stepping outside the castle. Ariel, meanwhile, is longing to meet Eric again. This is when she meets Ursula (Melissa McCarthy), Ariel’s aunt who has been banished for her nefarious activities. Ursula promises to turn Ariel into a human being. But her terms and conditions are quite risky. Ariel accepts it, nevertheless. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
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