Pink Flamingos (1997)

The long-anticipated, centre-of-racist-controversy live-action remake of The Little Mermaid is finally out, and it’s by far the best live action remake of Disney’s animated classics! Halle Bailey is a serial scene-stealer. Her impressive vocal abilities deliver in the new renditions of the classic songs and her emotionally rich performance as Ariel is magical. I’m so glad the film went for a colour-blind casting because Bailey seems to have been born to play Ariel. From floating with her underwater neighbours and swimming rapidly away from sharks to unsurely stumbling forward on her feet into a dance and trying to communicate without talking, Halle expertly captures all the facets of Ariel.