Strong and Moving!

Just what I expected

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Fresh and Exciting

The mermaid is just as crazy, and funny and as dramatic as Chow's other popular works, Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer, with an environmental message to boot.The acting is good and everyone delivers on the comedy and drama when they have to, and they were great together on screen. The story is straightforward and fun, with a good mix of drama, romance, comedy and action in it, a classic Chow film.The visuals are very pretty and the cinematography is really good. The special effects are the same as in his other films - you can tell they're fake but for some reason, they just fit in well with everything else.The sound effects and design are good, and the soundtrack/score is classic, weird, heroic and dramatic Chow styled music.There is a major tonal shift in the last 20 minutes of the film where things become a lot darker, but it still has that Stephen Chow drama and heart to it, so it doesn't feel off-putting. Overall, if you've watched Stephen Chow movies before and have loved them like I have, then there's really no reason to miss this one either. It's good fun, has heart and emotion, with a cheesy yet truthful message about saving the environment, wrapped up in this quirky fantasy tale. 7/10 good fun.

Still you could say that the humor may still strike a nerve with young ones. Most of the humor that is. If you don't know the director by now, you will have a template of his style and comedy after watching this. If you do know him, you know what to expect. And while it does have quite some flaws, it still was a lot of fun.So it may feel weird to be entertained to the level you are entertained, especially because some of the jokes are really set low (some even below water ...), they still hit their marks mostly. It has to do with timing and good execution (this time no pun intended). Good fight scenes, but also predictable story. The charm lies elsewhere ...

The Mermaid is something completely unexpected; incredibly funny for moments with some very violent scenes and a clear message about damage being caused to nature and the world; to satisfy the greed of a few.The story is simple; a clumsy mermaid disguised as a normal woman; tries to seduce a greedy tycoon who is killing marine life where she and her community lived. She falls in love with the guy (and he with her) and tries to protect it. However thinks get more complicated (and violent) when people find out about the mermaids community.As usually happens; foreign movies; particularly the successful ones; are punished by the MPAA with a ridiculous "R" rating that basically kills younger viewers and of course the movie itself.The movie has some violent scenes; particularly ones showing people killing whales, dolphins and some mermaids. There are some depicting of mermaids burnt by the powerful sonar systems using to "study" marine life but those scenes are meant to show the human cruelty.There are other goofy violent scenes; but are playing basically for fun.This is an Stephen Chow movie (the guy that created Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer among others. This is in my opinion his best movie. Very fast paced; funny and cruel when it has to be.In brief; see it and recommend it. It is time to star seeing good movies instead of crap like Avengers (or the last X-MEN) that basically take over all USA cinemas.

'Mermaid,' the new offering from director Stephen Chow is a breezy fantasy romantic comedy in which a group of mer-people (the sub-titles only refer to them as "Mermaids," even though some are clearly men) decide the only way to save their lives is to assassinate the mega-tycoon behind the exploitation and destruction of their undersea home. They teach one of their young, erm, school-members, how to walk like a human (sort of) in order to turn her into a honey-pot trap for the tycoon, and the plot is off and running. This movie features some hilarious slapstick comedy as you would expect from this director, some beautiful visuals, sets and locations, and not an especially subtle pro-conservation/anti-whaling message. However, it's still fun enough that you don't feel you are being preached at the whole time, at least.