An average movie

I have to admit that this movie was definitely not a priority, at least not for me, especially since I have Disney+, but it was my youngest daughter's birthday and she was eager to see it in the movie theater. First of all, I’m not sure how I felt about the whole thing regarding its visual aspect. I mean, it was not bad, especially such sea scenes in 3D in the movie theater are always pretty neat. However, it did involve a lot of CGI which made the whole thing look terribly fake. Furthermore, it didn't help that James Cameron with ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ definitely raised the expectations in this area to such a high level and this movie certainly didn't come near, I'm afraid. At least, there is no denying that Halle Bailey was just perfect to play the lead. Indeed, she was really charismatic and her singing was top-notch. Furthermore, since the story was taking place in the Caribbean like in the classic animated feature, it actually made sense that, at least, one of them would be black in this cute couple. Concerning the rest of the cast, Melissa McCarthy was a great choice to play Ursula and Javier Bardem was cool as well but he wasn’t really given enough to do. Concerning Jonah Hauer-King, I guess he was not bad but, to be honest, he didn’t really impress me after all and, eventually, the guy felt like a rather cheap version of Ryan Gosling. Concerning the rest of the movie, well, to be honest, I have never been a huge fan of the animated feature, in fact, it took me many years to appreciate it. Anyway, in spite of its popularity, I don’t think it is one of their strongest story and the fact that they added 50 mins of running time seriously didn’t help. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, I think it was still a decent watch though but it is probably only worth a look if you really like the genre.