‘The Little Mermaid’ review: Compared with the average live-action Disney cash grab, this one’s actually worth your cash

It’s there in the headline, pal. I like the new version of “The Little Mermaid.” I like it partly because I’ve seen the animated Disney “Little Mermaid” exactly once. Didn’t “grow up with it.” Don’t have any un-mess-with-able memories of the 1989 hit, which paved the way for an entire renaissance in Disney animation. Didn’t go into it with firm ideas about what they shouldn’t change, or should.

You never can tell which of these animation-to-live-action exercises in IP (Intellectual Property, though it could also stand for “In Perpetuity”) will do the trick. I tend