DVD REVIEW DVD REVIEW: Live-action 'Little Mermaid' offers more, not better BRUCE R. MILLER Sep 16, 2023 Sep 16, 2023 Updated Jun 7, 2024 This image released by Disney shows Halle Bailey as Ariel, left, and Javier Bardem as King Triton in "The Little Mermaid." (Disney via AP) HONS Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BRUCE R. MILLER You’ll be shocked when you see how live-action characters (like Flounder, Scuttle and Sebastian) look in the new edition of “The Little Mermaid.”kAm%96J’C6 ?@E 2D 4FE6 2?5 2D =@G23=6 2D E96J H6C6 :? 2?:>2E65 7@C>] %92?<7F==J[ E96 ?6H 65:E:@? 5@6D :>AC@G6 @? D@>6 E9:?8D]k^AmkAmtC:4 Wy@?29 w2F6C\z:?8X[ 7@C 6I2>A=6[ :D 92C5=J 2 4@@<:6\4FEE6C AC:?46j z:?8 %C:E@? Wy2G:6C q2C56>X[ E@@[ :D 2 >@C6 7F==\3@5:65 525] %96J 86E E96 D62 =:@?’D 2EE6?E:@? H9:=6 pC:6= Ww2==6 q2:=6JX DH:>D 36EH66? 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