If you loved Mary Poppins Returns, 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.

What they share

Both films are directed by Rob Marshall, and they both carry the cozy mood tag, and they sit in Family / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Mary Poppins Returns, 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.

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