Moana (2016)
Moana is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy-adventure of a young adventurous Moana who against her fathers fears sails out to the wild to find Maui; a demigod and together the they save their Land.
19 April 1981, Garden Grove, California, USA
2 May 1972, Hayward, California, USA
29 June 1978, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
16 March 1971, El Paso, Texas, USA
22 November 2000, Kohala, Hawaii, USA
20 October 1971, Auckland, New Zealand
30 September 1975, Cairo, Illinois, USA
10 January 1974, Masterton, New Zealand
26 December 1960, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
March 23, 2017
By giving us a heroine that acts the way heroes always have, perhaps Disney has finally given us a 'princess' movie that can cross that mythical gender divide.
December 01, 2016
The narrative is a fairly predictable hero's journey -- Maui even calls her "The Chosen One" -- but the movie is refreshing for its lack of a love interest; instead Moana learns how to chart her own course.
November 23, 2016
[Moana] is beautiful in more ways than I can tell, thanks to the brilliance of more animators than I could count.
March 20, 2017
There is a lot about Moana that is extremely familiar to those who know the Disney formula, but it is tweaked with enough consistency and humor to make the trip worthwhile.
May 09, 2017
Amazing film. Not as good as Lilo and Stitch, but then again nothing is. The Rock needs to do way more musical theater.
December 01, 2016
This is Disney's way of having its formulaic cake and eating it, too: "We know what we're doing here, and we know that you know it, too. So please stop fretting and enjoy while the pieces fall into place."
November 29, 2016
An absolute delight, a lush, exuberant quest fable full of big musical numbers and featuring perhaps the most stunning visuals of any Disney film to date.
April 09, 2017
Disney's latest princess-y adventure gets off to a slow start, but the story picks up when Johnson's rascally demigod comes on board.
March 09, 2017
My nearly five-year-old granddaughter found parts of it too scary, but it's a rousing tale of an ancient island people, their gods and monsters.
November 23, 2016
The film achieves what the best Disney animated features do: a sense of place that is refined and specific.
March 16, 2017
Where Frozen was a defiantly chilly breath of fresh air, Moana feels somewhat stagnant. Despite a few fantastic deviations (including the lack of a love interest to hinder our hero's development), Moana is still very much a paint-by-numbers narrative.
November 25, 2016
Story of Pacific Islander girl on a quest benefits from Dwayne Johnson's comic timing and a Lin-Manuel Miranda soundtrack
