I had zero expectations watching this movie... as Disney has made some objectively bad movies recently.
BUT
I actually loved this movie.
It stuck to the plot of the original Ariel well.
It went into some of Eric's story.
It had creative original content.
The music was excellent.
The makeup was superb
most of all:
It was not so culturally relevant at the expense of creativity.
Loved it and the nostalgia!