The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning vs Wolfwalkers

Wolfwalkers has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.7/10 for The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning). The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning is the shorter watch at 1h 17m compared with 1h 42m. The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning is the older of the two (2008 against 2020). Both are animation, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning posterThe Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning2008 VS Wolfwalkers posterWolfwalkers2020
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's BeginningWolfwalkers
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 8.2/10
Year20082020
Length1h 17m1h 42m
GenresAnimation, FamilyAdventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country–France
DirectorPeggy HolmesRoss Stewart, Tomm Moore
Main castJim Cummings, Kari Wahlgren, Tara Strong, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jodi BensonSimon McBurney, Tommy Tiernan, Sean Bean, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Honor Kneafsey

Synopsis

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

Follow Ariel's adventures before she gave up her fins for true love. When Ariel wasn't singing with her sisters, she spent time with her mother, Queen Athena. Ariel is devastated when Athena is killed by pirates, and after King Triton outlaws all singing. Along with pals Flounder and Sebastian, Ariel sets off in hopes of changing her father's decision to ban music from the kingdom.

Wolfwalkers

In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.

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