Rating: Full

 

Cast: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temurera Morrision, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk

 

Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker

 

Writer: Jered Bush

 

Producer: Osnat Shurer

 

Rated: PG for peril, some scary images, and brief thematic elements

 

Fun Fact: Maui’s tattoos are not CGI.

 

Quote: “If you wear a dress and have an animal sidekick, you’re a princess.”- Maui

 

Synopsis: Moana is a teenager who lives on the island in the Pacific Ocean. She wants to go beyond the reef but her father forbidden her to leave the island. She discovers a green stone which is the heart that Maui, a demi-god, removed a thousand years ago, causing the islands to die. But when her dying grandmother encourages her to do so, she and her pet chicken sails beyond the reef. She finds Maui and encourages him to return the stone to the island. Now Moana and Maui must sail across the ocean to return the green stone in the right place.

 

 

Review: Another great Disney princess movie, only this time, without a lover of a princess. With great songs and quite characters, and an awesome story, this could be the next frozen. The Rock makes a funny Maui. This is basically like reading a fairy tale from the pacific islands. The true self message was so true. Moana is a tropical paradise!