Disney's Little Mermaid has always been one of my favorite stories and movies. My first thought was this movie was so low budget that it just didn't make sense. Wouldn't have even known some of the character's names if we hadn't had the subtitles turned on. The bad guy, in my opinion, just wanted to be bad...and the whole plot was undeveloped. It had such potential! The actors did the best they could with what they were given.