Halle Bailey is a lovely presence with a superb voice in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” which opens in theaters on May 25.
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Movie review: Disenchantment under the sea in live-action ‘The Little Mermaid’
It’s not Rob Marshall’s fault that Disney’s latest live-action retread doesn’t really sing. “The Little Mermaid,” a somewhat drab undertaking with sparks of bioluminescence, suffers from the same fundamental issues that plagued “The Lion King,” “Aladdin” and “Beauty and the Beast.” Halle Bailey might be a lovely presence and possesses a superb voice that is distinctly different from Jodi Benson’s, but photorealistic fins, animals and environments do not make Disney fairy tales more enchanting on their own.