The Little Mermaid (2023) is SO MUCH FUN * first time watching 

Ashleigh: “I’m not going to say I’m the #1 Little Mermaid Fan” .5 seconds later… “As the #1 Little Mermaid Fan!”

Unfortunately no, the man on the boat that says he'll take Ariel to the castle is not the original voice of Sebastian, Samuel E. Wright. He died of prostate cancer in 2021.

In Andersen's fairy tale, the Little Mermaid takes the knife and agrees to kill the prince. But when she tries to do it, she finds that she can't kill him, and instead, she sacrifices herself to save his life and turns into sea foam.

Ashleigh I am LIVING for your birthday month shows and movies! It’s been great. It’s your channel, it’s your birthday month, you enjoy yourself how you want. I’m here for it.

Watching you regress full on to a little girl singing was probably the most heart warming thing I’ve seen in a while. This is why you’re the queen of the reactors. Thank you for inviting us in to a part of your childhood.

She has an amazing voice, but this story is for your generation not mine. I got over that she wasn't white or had red hair, after she belted out that first book number. Talent is talent, and she was the perfect choice.

"Disappointed fOR The fIRSt tIME" i just choked on my own saliva laughing at that

Y'ALL I NEED HELP! Disney specifically made a movie FOR ASHLEIGH and it's not being recommended to her! Who here remembers THE THREE LIVES OF THOMASINA?

Alan Menken (Little Mermaid 1989) returned to write three new songs with Lin-Manuel Miranda who also wrote for Encanto 🧜🏼‍♀️🕯️

"Betcha on land they understand" "They don't" 🤣

This is may be super weird to say but Prince Eric was my cartoon crush when I was younger lol

Ashleigh, your utter joy throughout the movie absolutely made my day. I'm not a movie person at all, but I love seeing movies through your eyes.

I'm here for Ashleigh singing every song! Happy Birthday my friend!

I nearly cried at the line you shouldn’t have to lose your voice in order to be heard when I watched this in theater

I am a grown-ass woman who loves, loves, loves this movie and saw it twice in the theatre and twice on Disney+

Before I watch the video i have to say, as a cast member in wdw I am so sad I didn't run into you on your trip down here hahah! HOWEVER I hope you had the most magical birthday trip!

I'd love to see Ashleigh watch Ferngully. Robin Williams and Tim Curry. Yes Puh-lease!

A way underrated film I haven’t seen anyone react to is Noises Off (1992) . Comedy legend Carol Burnett, John Ritter, and Christopher Reeve. I will say the first 15 minutes aren’t super exciting, and some viewers might be wondering wtf, but that’s all the set-up for the rest. I suggest doing this after Deliverance, you’ll need something happy or funny.

14:36 Woah, Ashleigh's singing voice is really nice.

Deliverance?! Holy shi... Okay. Okay, you can handle it. Cannot wait to see that one.

I didn't grow up a huge fan of the animated version of The Little Mermaid, it wasn't my thing. I did however get full body chills and a bit misty eyed when Ariel started singing Part of Your World.

I feel so bad for Ashleigh. She walked into an internet battlefield and all she wanted was to have fun watching a movie. Maybe ignore the comments on this one? 😅

Ursula's Octopussy. 😆

That’s not the original voice of Sebastian. This Sebastian actor is Daveed Diggs. Daveed Diggs is probably most known for being in the original cast of Hamilton.

The Happytime Murders starring Melissa McCarthy needs a reaction. It's like Who Framed Roger Rabbit but with Muppets instead of Toons and definitely for adults.

Ashleigh, why didn't i know you could sing... you got some pipes girl!!!

So glad you enjoyed this. I love watching you watch Disney. We need more singing Ashleigh!!

Yes, is kate from bridgerton, girl !

You singing every song is also me. LOL.. I watched the original so many times I had the dialogue memorized. I watched it the other day.. I still remember. I actually haven't watched this one, but I think after this I'm good. I don't like that they cut out the chef's song. It's one of my favorites. I don't think this one was needed, imho. I do love that they had Jodi Benson in it though. Hailey and Melissa both have awesome voices.

I loved Daveed as Sebastian and he can do zero wrong for me. I love Scuttlebutt. But my favorite detail is they made more of a point of showing her as a siren and that her little melody (no pun intended for those who know the sequel) is a sirens song. Love it.

lol “I took pictures at the there” lol

"Did they kill him?!" Yes but he got better...

"GET MARRIED AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER MOM! SHIT!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I really loved it too!! I loved how they gave Erics side too, it showed how good of a match they are. Eric still has his dimples too!! I was blushing lol.

Ashleigh's the only other person I've seen watch this movie and like the Scuttlebutt song and she's honestly so real for that, it's such a fun addition.

RIP Louis Gossett Jr. ; legendary actor. Please watch Iron Eagle or Enemy Mine in remembrance.

One more comment, according to the tie-in book The Guide to Merfolk, Ursula was indeed the cause of the Sea Queen’s death. She disguised herself as the Queen, went to the surface and caused all of the chaos. By the time the real Queen surfaced to investigate the commotion she heard, the humans were enraged. One man spotted her and threw a harpoon. The Sea Queen defended Ursula and died in the process.

I remember watching a Little Mermaid cartoon movie when i was younger but it was the Hans Christian Andersen original story version. Let me tell you, that was traumatizing for a 9 year old to watch. Especially since i was expecting the Disney version. But I actually ended up loving that version. I'm a huge fan of the Disney adaptation but the original has a special place in my heart.

Ashleigh you got to watch Throw Momma From The Train (1987) Starring Danny Devito, Billy Crystal And Anne Ramsey from the goonies and I also wanna Throw in Waiting to exhale (1995) starring Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine and lola Rochan because last month was women month

For your birthday, my present to you suggesting again you should watch "Some kind of wonderful" it stars one of Ashleigh's girl crushes Mary Stuart Masterson, and it's the ending pretty in pink should have had

The original cartoon is far superior.

Ashleigh… I need you to watch the live action Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. Cinderella is the best remake overall, despite not being a musical. Beauty and the Beast did the best job of incorporating new music that feels organic against the original soundtrack. Please, please, please watch these two.

There's a 2022 Festivus musical that nobody saw called Spirited, a fantasy starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds. It only ran for 1 week in a dozen theatres then went straight to streaming on Apple+ where it was totally ignored. it's a Scrooged remake with Ryan in Bill Murray's role and you get to see the HQ where the Ghosts of Christmas work, Ash would absolutely love it.

They cut my favorite song. Le Poisson. I feel you, missing the deep voice on "guess who got me on da plate." Every line from the original was disappointing here. Disney needs to stop messing with perfection.

A lot of people were upset that they race swapped an imaginary character and I don't understand why, this actress did a wonderful job playing Ariel. I thought overall this was a good movie and my only complaint is the songs weren't as good as the animated version. Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

You make can make a great Ariel, Ashleigh. You got red hair and a good singer voice.

I recommend the movie City Slickers with Billy Crystal. I think you’d really like it.

I don’t know I kinda like the original

I think it's the best Disney Live Action that I have seen, although I was disappointed that Harry styles wasn't Prince Eric, I wasn't bothered about all the drama about Ariel Not being white, she's a beautiful girl and was great. Hopefully Ashley watches "Splash " Next ! 😊🎬

A lot of the disney remakes that have come out in the last 10 years or so I think people are being way too overly critical and are hating just to hate. Like my favorite disney movies are Aladdin and Jungle Book and I loved the live actions of those movies. The only I feel did drop the ball was Lion King

If a mermaid has no tears how did Jack get mermaid tears for the fountain of youth?

At the 1357 mark Ashleigh says why doesn't she no the importance of CPR. CPR wasn't invented until like the 1900s way before this movie is set.

I can't find the link for the second channel.

In the original story, in order to become a human, Ariel must sacrifice her tongue. When she gets legs each step is like walking on the blade of a knife.

I'm not a fan of the live-action Disney movies they've been making lately, but I am a fan of watching Ashleigh enjoy herself! So this made me happy. I won't yuck other people's yums.

Ashleigh I'm glad you like this version of The Little Mermaid. The reason there was controversy is because they took a story that was written at a time where you did not have interracial relationships. And there's so many great stories that they could have done straight from Africa and the African culture and then their own version that it was more of a slap to everybody else's face. Glad you like it I like the songs I prefer the animated but we each got our own opinion.

The movie has its faults, but I swear I fully CRIED when Jonah started singing… my friends still make fun of me for it. He’s just so pretty! 😭❤️

Indira is indeed from Bridgerton! I haven’t seen it yet, but so many people were freaking out over her being in this movie, how could I not know?? Lol

I think she'd absolutly love the Kingdome Hearts games

Hans Christian Andersen is tuning in his grave for this dishonour.

Must react to the movie "WILD THINGS" with Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Kevin Bacon, Denise Richards. It has a huge star cast. Great movie, I promise!!

Personally, I loved that Ariel was the one to kill Ursula in this version. When I watched the original as a kid way back when, I hated that part. I hated it because it made no sense that Ariel was an adventurer and a thrill seeker and then at the drop of the hat became so helpless. It didn’t make sense. Also, it made more sense for her to be the one to kill Ursula because it was Ariel‘s fault that Ursula ever became so powerful. That was only possible because of the deal she made with her. So naturally, it makes sense that aerial wood be the one to set it right.

Daveed Diggs played Sebastian. If you don't know who he is, watch Hamilton

Hollywood Bowl 2016 Little Mermaid showed the movie and had live performers sing the songs and included extra songs and totally worth watching

Javier Bardem should only play characters with hair flowing in the water LOL

I liked Eric's song, and his whole character development. They really found a way to book-end Ariel and Eric's longings to be a part of each other's worlds. I thought that was great. I liked Ariel's new song- the one she sings only in her head. That was a good one. Scuttle's song I was not a fan of. Not terrible, but not great. For me, it didn't fit with the rest: it was too Lin Manuel Miranda, and not enough Ashman / Menken. Don't get me wrong; I love Miranda's work! But it wasn't stylistically consistent with the established musical style of all of the other songs. It stood out, 'sall I'm saying. And it really didn't move the plot at all, or explain anyone's inner feelings, or anything. As exposition of the situation, two lines of dialogue could have done the same thing. So.. not the best, IMHO. Again- not terrible; I did not hate it! But I didn't love it. Sebastian and Flounder and Scuttle being "photorealistic" CGI animals was off-putting, for me. I know that that's what Disney was going for in this latest live action remake: totally live action, totally photorealistic where actual live action is impossible. But they're already talking; the real life believability is already being stretched. Meh; not great, not terrible, just sort of slightly uncomfortable. I felt the same way about the "live action" Lion King. Their choice to make all of the animals as photo-realistic as possible took away from the anthropomorphic human connection. Honestly, I felt more attached to the animals in "The Incredible Journey" (1963) that were literally live animals that didn't even talk (but for voice-overs). So.. that's my opinion on that. Overall: Loved it. I loved this movie. There is literally no movie I love that I do not also have some criticisms. Star Wars, Monty Python, Danny Kaye, all of my favorites are not 1000% perfect; they all have their minor flaws, but I love them all the more. I'm not going to put this one quite up there with my favorites of all time, no. But I really did love it quite a lot. I've seen it more than once, would see it again. Halle Bailey was phenomenal; absolutely phenomenal. What a great find, casting-wise. Helluva good movie. Made me laugh, made me cry, made me dance, had a whole lotta heart. 10/10.

As a 90s kid i loved watching some of the classics on vhs this one i owned too

I find this the meh version, not bad but not good. I think my only complaint was how muted the colors were. The movie was too dark to be a tropical location. But because this movie relied so heavily on CGI, bright color would make it more unrealistic than it already is. I am one of the few who loved Sebastian and Flounder in this movie, they were still kinda cute and adorable. Fun fact, Lin-Manuel Miranda is such a huge Little Mermaid fan that he name one of his son after Sebastian.

This reaction is TOP tier! I am a 90s kid, and elder millennial if you would, and I am LIVING for this!!!!! TLM is my FAVORITE Disney movie!! This making it come to "LIFE" just uh, made my little innner child heart so happy!

I loved this remake. I watched The Little Mermaid a bit growing up but it wasn’t my favorite. This remake made me love the story. I watched this in theaters. It was a magical experience

The actress with the ringlet hair , she played a paramedic in casualty which is a uk medical soap drama

Well . . . if you want a deep voice to do some of the parts, try listening to Voiceplay's cover of "The Little Mermaid". I think they have just what you are looking for.

The dresses were disappointing. I think they were trying to make things more realistic but like she's a MERMAID . . . GIVE ME THE SPARKLY DRESS!!!

The weather changing fast scared you? .................... And .......... you've lived in Tennessee, how long?

Please add these movies to your list: Thrillers: Stir of Echoes, The Good son, Cube Cowboy movies: The Quick and the dead, Maverick Musical: Hairspray Action Thriller: Deathproof, Natural Born Killers, LGBTQ themed : Professor Marston and the wonder women and Victor/Victoria

You wanna see a really weird and f-ed up film "inspired by" the little mermaid fairy tale? A Polish film: "The Lure" (2015). Super weird. Graphic nudity; get ready with the censor bars and editing. But quite entertaining! The setting and characters are *completely* different! But it for sure pulls elements of the original tale that Disney was not going to touch! Worth a watch, for anyone who's interested. NOT for children!! Adults only!!!

Hey Hey there Ashleigh. Don't remember the year, but my mother-in-laws best friend was an original mouseketeer. The entire clan wound up with park passes for the park in Orlando. A big old thirtysomething fan of Tigger got to shake hands and get a picture with him. 😂😂Love your reactions. Hope your birthday was a good day. Have a good weekend. ❤

Have you ever seen or watched thumbelina.. Jodi Benson does her voice too. >.> and it's my second favorite 'princess' movie. Second to Anastasia

The leads have great chemistry with each other!!!

Probably one of the best live-action Disney movies, save for Jungle Book

17:53 the fact is that prince Eric didn’t sing in the original version of the little mermaid 🧜🏻‍♀️

Ashleigh, I had a wonderful time watching you have a good time. Thank you. 😀

I have a photo of my now-34-year-old nephew watching our tape of the animated Little Mermaid when he was about two. He is sitting in the little rocking chair that had been ours when me and my sibs were young, leaning forward, just mesmerized. The power of Disney!

Since M. Emmet Walsh passed away recent, people would probably recommend you do Blood Simple to pay tribute to him while I personally recommend Wild Wild West 1999. Haha.

Wow! Rude, crude & bad attitude much, haters? You can dislike a film without all the smack talk. Ashleigh: I was happy to watch with you and enjoyed the talents that were able to shine. I enjoyed your pleasure in being fully immersed in it and knowing all the 🎵 songs! 🏆💐

I cant wait for deliverance and i recommend the river wild too but its pretty much the same thing

So Ashley, did you move to Nashville for the music?

Hey Ashleigh, I got the live-action version of "The Little Mermaid" last Christmas. Halle Bailey played Princess Ariel. Melissa McCarthy played Ursula. I also got the classic version where I like the redheaded Ariel better. That animated movie was released in theaters before your lifetime.

R.i.p. Louis Gossett Jr. My go to goodfeel movie of him is Diggstown.

I watched it in IMAX 3D and the images were sooo bright and colorful, and the songs sounded like it was live? it was so good!

Since you liked the extra songs and slight change of character emphasis, I must recommend the live remake of Aladdin with Will Smith as the Genie. It also has extra songs - especially for Jasmin, and the 'Prince Ali' number is Epic!

It just didn't land for me. Just different small aspects, like making the songs a little more poppy and the like. Not to mention, the idea of live action remakes of the animated movies is just wrong to me, because the animated versions are already good--instead it would be good if they try to make something new. But, as a trans woman, the Little Mermaid has always spoken to me in a particular way, since Ariel goes to great lengths to join a community she was told she could never be a part of. Funnily, when Mulan came out I didn't have the same reaction (though I assume trans men may have actually gotten something out of that one). As with every video of yours, I recommend the movie Imagine Me & You, as well as Zsazsa Zaturnnah.

31:41-31:52 I loved that Scuttle moment 😆

Love your reactions! As far as a series for Wednesdays, you should try reacting to THE Vampire Diaries. I believe it's right up your alley. Lots of folks also love watching reactions to it.

While I much prefer the animated version - I used to have not one but 2 Ariel bathing suits as an elementary school kid, and all the McDonalds toys, I was OBSESSED with that movie - I do think this version is okay. I only don't understand why they made the underwater world look so... dull... Where is her firey coral-red hair? That's a color that naturally exists in the ocean and it would have POPPED so much more.

Great review! I am glad that you liked the new version. I did two. Both movies stand on their own merits. Halle Bailey was fantastic. She has an amazing voice!

Sorry I'm late but I had people to do and things to see. On Thursday, (yes I'm Aries too) I will be a 63-year-old retired US Navy sailor. While this isn't my trip, I suspect I like this more than when I was a child.

I wish Melissa McCarthy had done her own thing with Ursula. It's almost like she's doing an impression of Pat Carroll.

Making sure you clearly enunciated the "M" in muck during the end credits. (*LOL*)

Have you ever watched the "Christopher Guest Cinematic Universe"? That's what I jokingly call it. It began with "This Is Spinal Tap" as Mockumentaries. "Waiting for Guffman", "Best in Show", "A Mighty Wind" If not, check them out. HIGHLY recommend!