As of June 2023, has a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 8 reviews.
[2] On Metacritic it holds a score of 68, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
[3] Joel Keller of Decider recommended streaming the miniseries, noting that the show had "magic and whimsy" with "doses of reality".
[4] However, CNN's Brian Lowry felt "there's just not enough here to merit making MerPeople part of your world.
"[1] Lucy Mangan of The Guardian gave the show three out of five stars, and noted the docuseries possibly caught the mermaid industry in a "transitional point" before its "full commodification and corporatisation".