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"Between Bailey's wide-eyed urchin and McCarthy's over-the-top octo-hussy, the movie comes alive - not in some zombified form, like reanimated Disney debacles Dumbo and Pinocchio, but in a way that gives young audiences something magical to identify with, and fresh mermaid dreams to aspire to."