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Critical consensus and social media reactions highlight the movie’s contentious elements. Many viewers and critics have criticized it for poor musical choices, including the removal and alteration of beloved songs, and the addition of new, often awkward scenes.
A particularly mocked sequence involves Aquafina’s character, Scuttle, who is gender and species-swapped from a seagull to a different creature. Her rap scene has been mercilessly mocked for its awkwardness and perceived bad taste. The scene features a disjointed rap performance that many viewers have described as cringeworthy, further fueling online ridicule.