Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

OllieSuave-007 This is a sequel to Disney's The Little Mermaid, where Ariel's daughter, Melody, yearns to be part of the ocean world. After finding a magic locket which shows the kingdom of Atlantica, Melody decides to run away from home and find the truth behind it and why her name is written on it. Ariel must turn back into a mermaid to return to the sea to find Melody and also stop Morgana, sister of Ursula, from taking over the ocean.Released directly to video, this movie was probably not meant to be a masterpiece and was probably made to capitalize on the success of the original movie. Although this movie brings back a little nostalgia from the first film, it sorely lacks the charm, imagination and magic of the original. The plot is very rushed through, leaving little room for suspense and character development, and the songs were forgettable.The newer characters, especially that of the walrus and the penguin, were quite annoying and Ariel doesn't have a very large role in the story. Sebastian is not the commanding and formidable crab that he once was in the first movie, rather, he appeared to be too overwhelmed or woeful in this sequel. And, I understand that you have to stretch your imagination a bit in animated movies, but this story treated like that it is common for humans to interact with talking animals; there needed to be some intrigue, like Melody showing some astonishment when running into talking walruses, crabs and penguins.The animation was OK and I liked the fact that the filmmakers brought back a lot of the original actors to voice the characters. Some of the action scenes were a little riveting, but the overall movie was just too rushed-through especially for such a large cast, which results in difficulty for emphasis to be placed on each one.Overall, not one of the better Disney sequels out there. The original movie is and should remain in a class of its one.Grade D

lisafordeay The Little Mermaid II:Return To The Sea is a 2000 sequel to the 1989 classic The Little Mermaid only this time she is a mother to a beautiful girl named Melody who doesn't know that Ariel was a mermaid herself but got transformed into a human thanks to her father in the end of the first film to be with Eric. Melody of course cannot leave the castle at all because its too dangerous for her to go outside and swim around in the water,as Ariel vowed to protect her from harm by making her father King Triton build a wall so that she may never leave the castle ever.But when Melody disobeys Ariel one day while she was swimming she stumbles across a mysterious locket that her grandfather(King Triton) gave Ariel as a welcoming present for her when she was born. Later there is some party for her and all the younger people make fun of her because she can talk to animals and they make her upset. Later on in the film Melody escapes the castle and decides to go to Ursula's sister Morgana(who happens to be voiced by the same woman who voiced Ursula in the first movie) to change her into a mermaid. She agrees and Melody is transformed into a mermaid. Ariel finds out that she is missing and its up to Ariel to transform back into a mermaid again and save her daughter from Morgana. But will Melody choose to be a mermaid or a human?The animation was nice and the songs were great I liked the For A Moment song sung by Jodi Benson and Tara Strong. But I have a few issues with this movie one is that I wish Christopher Daniel Barnes was back in this one as ,I hate the new guy that voices him now Rob Paulsen,he doesn't have the charms like Chris had for Eric in the first movie. Also there is No Alan Menken either and there is parts to this film that is a replica of the first movie. Like the seagull in the beginning of the film,the rainbow,Melody copying Ariel's Part Of Your World routine with the spinning around in the water etc.Having said that its not as good as the first movie as the 1st one is my 3rd favourite movie of all time,but still check it out if you loved the first movie. But stay clear of the 3rd outing as its GOD AWFUL.Also its great to see the original cast again,Jodi Benson,Samuel E Wright,Kenneth Mars,Pat Carroll.5.5/10

Joelle Al Disney has come up with many great movies in the past. From Bambi, to The lion King, to Aladdin. Whenever Disney came out with another movie, I always would be excited to see it. Little Mermaid 2 came out whenever I was 9 years old, and even then, I hated it. I always wondered what made Melody so special? The first child from the land and sea? What? Why does she get such a magical adventure? She's nothing but a spoiled brat who doesn't know how to listen and is not appreciative of what she has and yet, she gets to have this magical adventure and meet tons of amazing friend and ends up saving everyone she loves all because she's a selfish gullible child. This movie ruined everything I love about Disney.

ohsta62 Love 'em or hate 'em, most of the Disney direct to video films which are often sequels are worse than the originals. Beginning in Aladdin's sequel, The Return of Jafar, lots of them are poor quality and are made to cash in. Ironic as Walt Disney didn't like sequels with this quote he once said, 'I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.' Then would he be disappointed with this string of supposedly sequels? Of course.One of the worst sequels Disney has ever made is The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea. This is a low quality sequel to the beloved and high quality 1989 film, The Little Mermaid. Not only was the original a commercial success in the box office and met with critical acclaim from critics and audiences but also saved the animation industry which had been in a decline for some while sometime after W.Disney's death in 1966.The film's narrative is almost the opposite of the original. Instead of Ariel wanting to come to the human world as a mermaid, in here, Melody wants to come the the mer-world as a human. Ariel is a dull hollow shell of herself here. Yes, she is no longer the main character but there was no need to suck out her personality and put it to an irregular fashion to her daughter.Eric sounds different and has little dialogue in the film. Melody is not that likable. Sebastian is not quite the same he was in the original, in fact, he doesn't appear as regularly now. Why is Flounder, now a father, even fatter now? Being overweight does NOT make you look older. Scuttle rarely appears as well.The new characters included are not very good. Morgana is rubbish at magic unlike her dead, skilled at magic sister Ursula, in fact, she even 'takes' a potion of Ursula's magic. She copies her; She does wriggles her tentacles while everything except her eyes fade to black, the same her obese sibling did in the original film. Besides, she is not a very practical villain. You don't immediately go and threaten to have a beloved person dead for something important. That's like if you held someone at gunpoint for the bank's money in real life. Morgana then realizes she needs to manipulate an idea for the trident like Ursula did.It's like she wants to be like her sister. Despite envying her as she was their mother's favourite. Morgana is determined to be only be her mother's favourite by having her hands on the trident. The final battle from her evil doings i.e. making an ice fortress with anyone bowing down before her wasn't very comfortable but hardly that scary. Ursula's final battle was possibly the darkest Disney ever produced. The enormous, powerful Ursula controlling the ocean like a sinister god with the menacingly dark colours at night scared the living daylights of quite some people and they also feared the obese cecaelia alone. Her much thinner sister is only a faint trace of her wickedness.A penguin and walrus named Tip and Dash seemed Artic equivalents to Timon and Pumbaa in both appearance and personality. Undertow is not needed especially as a grumbling piranha. Morgana's minions which are manta rays Cloak and Dagger are silent but not intimidating. Ursula's minions which are eels Flotsam and Jetsam who are also dead, were possibly intimidating by their irregular voices and hideous look like their master. The French Chef, Louis was his name? Still wants to cook Sebastian. Man, really. As he said, he's old(er) and too small for a meal.Grimsby and Carlotta never(if not rarely) speak as well as barely them appearing in the whole film. Triton looks younger and why did he did nothing when Morgana kissed Melody? The animation is poor quality. It's bright,garish and quite a rough frame rate. I don't like it when there's that smooth visual thing by rough frames that is also probably present in The Return of Jafar. The original was much better, possibly one thing that built its success. Compared to the labour of hand drawn and painted cels, this is merely digitally coloured ink and coloured done with little effort. Although the film's animation is not as bad as the 1992 TV series with the same name which is indeed poor at times.The songs are childish and possibly forgettable. I can't sit more than 6 seconds on one continuously. The original film had a good variety of songs as well as better ones. From a Calypso music themed 'Under the Sea' which won an Oscar to a spirited music like one 'Part of Your World' particularly the last reprise of the latter.Fortunately, most of the original cast reprised here. This was also Buddy Hackett's final voice-over for a film, who plays the often absent Scuttle here and in the original, d.2003. Eric's original voice-over hasn't reprised and he sounds embarrassingly different. The others are fine though Ariel sounds deeper as she is now grown up and all. Morgana sounds like Ursula as it was the same voice-over as both the cecaelia sisters, Pat Carroll.Another sad thing is this was released on my birthday. I got good news and bad news about the Disney's direct to video films. The good news is Disney will finally end production to them. The bad news is some more will be made i.e. Tinkerbell prequels. Why is it CGI whereas Peter Pan is traditional yet set after them?Well, that's about what I could say. This is not a good film. It is indeed better off never made and is needless like most of Disney's DtV films Watch if you're a die hard TLM fan and rent it instead of buying it unless you want it to fill your collection.