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The Little Mermaid has become the best fan-rated live-action Disney film of all time

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Published 00:06 29 May 2023 GMT+1

The Little Mermaid has become the best fan-rated live-action Disney film of all time

The flick has scored an impressive 95 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Charisa Bossinakis

Charisa Bossinakis

Rob Marshall’s The Little Mermaid has become the best fan-rated live-action Disney flick on Rotten Tomatoes.

The newly release movie has scored an impressive 95 per cent on the review website's audience section.

The movie splashed into cinemas on May 26 and has already generated nearly USD $200 million (AUD $306m) at the box office.

Not to mention, audiences are absolutely loving it, with the film scoring the highest fan rating for a Disney live-action remake so far, clipping in front of Guy Ritchie's Aladdin, which landed at 57 per cent.

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It also defeated Mulan, which has an audience score of 47 per cent, Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella, which sits at 78 per cent, and 2016's The Jungle Book, which sits at 86 per cent.

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It comes after the Disney flick became the target of review bombing - primarily led by internet trolls - in countries such as France, Germany and Korea.

AlloCiné in France even issued a statement last week, revealing that the film had received an 'unusual' influx of bad reviews and urged cinema-goers to make up their own mind.

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"We are currently observing an unusual distribution of scores which demands the need for caution. We encourage you to make up your own mind about the film," they wrote.

IMBD also issued a warning for its US, Canada, Brazil and Mexico sites, which read: “Our rating mechanism has detected unusual voting activity on this title.

"To preserve the reliability of our rating system, an alternate weighting calculation has been applied.”

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It added: "Although we accept and consider all votes received by users, not all votes have the same impact (or ‘weight’) on the final rating.

"When unusual voting activity is detected, an alternate weighting calculation may be applied in order to preserve the reliability of our system."

The Little Mermaid has attracted significant backlash since it was announced Halle Bailey was cast as the world’s most iconic mermaid in 2019.

The casting news even had fans tweeting the hashtag #NotMyAriel, which became trending.

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But despite this, the 23-year-old has been receiving praise for her performance, with The Guardian's Ellen E Jones calling her 'about as naturally Disneyfied as real human beings get'.

"Bailey is both the finished film’s only unmitigated triumph and the best argument for this whole live-action remake enterprise in one shimmering mermaidcore package," she added.

"If these films are to have any purpose beyond being nostalgia-powered cash-ins, it must be to allow all children – not just the white ones – to see themselves as Magic Kingdom denizens."

Featured Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Topics: News, Film and TV, Disney

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