If you loved Into the Woods, try The Little Mermaid

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

You already loved

Both films are directed by Rob Marshall, and they both carry the bittersweet, playful mood tags, and they sit in Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Into the Woods, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Little Mermaid is

The filmmaker sails directly into the familiar, winking at the audience before the ink is even dry. Ariel swaps fins for footwear after an illicit shore visit and a bad deal with a tentacled landlord. It lands where one expects it to, moored safely in nostalgia’s harbor.

If you loved Into the Woods, try The Little Mermaid

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The Little Mermaid

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What The Little Mermaid is

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If you loved Into the Woods, try The Little Mermaid

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The Little Mermaid

What they share

What The Little Mermaid is

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