The 'Chicago' director's take on the beloved Disney film also stars Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Daveed Diggs, Jonah Hauer King and Awkwafina.
as the titular sea creature. It features new music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and wrings as much as possible from the corporation’s CGI budget.
The questions raised by this faithful adaptation are familiar, but answering them only matters to an extent. Nostalgia pays in cash, correctives in publicity. For the global conglomerate’s bottom line, remaking classics is worth it. That these already tempered fairytales are retrofitted for contemporary audiences is merely a bonus.
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