The Little Mermaid Gets The Middle Finger In The Form Of This Honest Trailer — cinemablend.com

Screen Junkies isn't known for pulling punches with their Honest Trailers, and their take on The Little Mermaid is no exception. The trailer brutally picks through the plot of the animated musical, breaking down its flaws pretty succinctly and describing the message it delivers to young girls as: Screen Junkies takes a similar approach to this Honest Trailer as they did for the Frozen one, in re-writing some of the songs to poke even more fun at the film. In the case of The Little Mermaid, "Part of Your World" focuses on Ariel's cluelessness, while "Kiss the Girl" just makes Eric (and an entourage of aquatic mood-providers) seem a bit creepy. And Ursula's "Poor Unfortunate Souls" reminds us that the villain's song always gets skipped on the soundtrack.

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