La Petite Sirene (French 1998 Dub)

La Petite Sirene (eng: The Little Mermaid) is a 1989 American fairytale released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 17, 1989. It was released in France a year later on November 28, 1990. France was among the countries to redub the movie with some new voice actors. The redub was released in French cinemas on July 1, 1998.

Why This Dub Is Not A Part Of This World

 * 1) The casting choice was awful. While a handful of actors replaced well-known ones from the first dub, Claire Guyot (Ariel's voice in the French dub) was replaced with Marie Galey for the songs. Since the redub, Galey would be Ariel's European French singing voice for the remainder of the franchise.
 * 2) The dialog was drastically changed from that of the 1990 version.
 * 3) Micheline Dax refused to resing "Poor Unfortunate Souls" for the new French version. As a result, the recording from the 1989 version was retained. Plus, Dax did not feel like doing almost all of Ursula's laughs in the redub.
 * 4) Even though Claire Guyot did a great job voicing Vanessa, her screams in the wedding scene were not redubbed. Instead, Jodi Benson's screams were retained.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Based on the negative feedback from fans who saw both the 1990 and 1998 dubs, the petition to restore the first dub was successful. Releases after 2006 use the 1990 dub.
 * 2) Jil Caplan's rendition of "Part Of Your World" was among the good things from the redub.
 * 3) On some songs, even the Happy Ending, the chorus put more energy in their singing.

Trivia

 * Chef Louis' voice actor in the redub, Miguel Angel Jenner, also voices him in the European Spanish dub.