The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000) (V)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Directors:

Jim Kammerud
Brian Smith (co-director)

Writers:

Elizabeth Anderson (screenplay) &
Temple Mathews (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

19 September 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical

Tagline:

Return to the sea September 19

Plot:

To protect her from a sea witch, Ariel's daughter is not allowed in the ocean; but when she becomes 12, she runs away to an adventure under the sea.

Plot Keywords:

Mermaid | Ocean | Magic | Walrus | Penguin

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Jodi Benson	...	Ariel (voice)
Samuel E. Wright	...	Sebastian (voice)
Tara Strong	...	Melody (voice) (as Tara Charendoff)
Pat Carroll	...	Morgana (voice)
Buddy Hackett	...	Scuttle (voice)
Kenneth Mars	...	King Triton (voice)
Max Casella	...	Tip (voice)
Stephen Furst	...	Dash (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Prince Eric (voice)
Clancy Brown	...	Undertow (voice)
Cam Clarke	...	Flounder (voice)
Rene Auberjonois	...	Chef Louis (voice)
Kay E. Kuter	...	Grimsby (voice)
Edie McClurg	...	Carlotta (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Max (voice)

Runtime:

75 min | 72 min

Country:

USA | Canada | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All | Singapore:G | New Zealand:G | Australia:G | Germany:o.Al. | UK:U | USA:G

Company:

Walt Disney Television Animation

Trivia:

Buddy Hackett's last film role.

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end when Morgana has Ariel entwined in her tentacles, she covers her mouth and it is originally from right to left, then in an immediate close-up it is from left to right.

Quotes:

King Triton: [referring to Melody] Sebastian, you will watch over her.
Sebastian: Me? Aww!
[faints, falling off od his rock and into the sea]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#37.4)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

For a Moment

Another stupid sequel

If there's one thing you can count on Disney to do, it's their uncanny ability to take a story and tell it again and again and again. Even watching the commercial for Lady and the Tramp II was a horrible experience. Disney's going to ruin one of their most awesome classics ever. It even had that spaghetti meatball scene. It's been done before! And that's what I say to this sorry direct to video(the entire concept should be banned). Everything is just a rehash of the original movie and even several of Bluth's really bad movies. The penguin and walrus duo(I've even forgotten their names) are just a really poor carbon copy of Timon and Pumbaa. Morgana is another Ursula. She even repeats practically all her old lines. The songs are pathetic, really abysmal. I've never heard songs so bad from them before until now. And the dialogue is atrocious. It's pathetic and simplistic. On the plus side, at least they took the time to make the animation somewhat decent. All of the usual characters aren't as annoying as they used to be(or maybe that's a minus for Little Mermaid fans). Back on the negative, Melody is just so sickeningly cute you just might vomit. I almost did. Do yourself and your Little Mermaid fan a favor. Don't waste your money on this. True, it's not as horrific as Return of Jafar or Pocahontas II, but that's little consolation.