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Walt Disney Pictures
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The ocean chose her for a reason.
Teenage Moana answers the Ocean's call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with infamous demigod Maui on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.
ianrathbone
Aug 4, 2026 · via TMDB
She sings, he grins wide / Water swallows the whole screen / Talent wins the day #filmreviewhaiku
CinemaSerf
Jul 17, 2026 · via TMDB
On a gorgeous Polynesian island where they all...speak...very...slowly, the young "Moana" (Catherine Laga'aia) is conflicted by her father's (John Tui) warning never to venture beyond the reef that protects their home and her grandmother (Rena Owen) who is embedded more in the tribe's ancestral and mystical roots and who has little fear of the open ocean and what lies beyond. When their crops all start to die, she is reminded of the legend of the demi-god "Maui" (Dwayne Johnson) who took the heart-stone from the benign goddess from whom all life sprang, and so she determines to find him and his magical hook and then restore the ornate stone to this font of all goodness. Perhaps that will reverse the process that is killing everything? Ten years on from the original animation and this doesn't really add very much to a story that was always a bit cheesy and thin. Here, it's at least forty-five minutes before the film really gets going and Johnson enters the fray and even then it's all just a little too formulaic. He does look like he's enjoying himself, but Laga'aia hasn't much by way of charisma to match and my favourites - the dart-blowing, sea-going, coconut critters - barely feature at all. The two songs that underpin this are familiar enough by now, but the rest of the music is borderline bland and by the rather hastily arrived at conclusion of this perfectly watchable but entirely forgettable rehash, I was wondering if they were already cannibalising the set from the "Lion King" on stage ready for the next iteration of "Moana" - the musical. It's pretty to look at but isn't much more than expensively crafted wallpaper, sorry.
Manuel São Bento
Jul 10, 2026 · via TMDB
Check out my full review @ https://www.manuelsbento.com/moana-2026-stranded-on-a-soundstage-of-pure-nostalgia/ Rating: C MOANA had every chance to expand on its animated predecessor, and it wastes almost all of it. Beat for beat identical to the 2016 original, this remake trades vibrant, sun-drenched color for green screen sterility, turning musical numbers that once felt joyously alive into stiff, mechanical spectacle. The lead performance brings real warmth to the title role, and the central chemistry has its moments, but neither is enough to disguise a film that never once asks why it needed to exist.
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Catherine Lagaʻaia
Moana
Dwayne Johnson
Maui
Rena Owen
Gramma Tala
John Tui
Chief Tui
Frankie Adams
Sina
Jemaine Clement
Tamatoa (voice)
Sam Puefua
Village Fisherman
Kapeneta Te'o-Tafiti
Coconut Farmer
Eric Scanlan
Tulafale
Moses Goods
Elder Luaʻiufi
John Myhre
Production Design
Jan Pascale
Set Decoration
Lucas Bielan
"A" Camera Operator
Dylan Goss
Aerial Director of Photography
Óscar Faura
Director of Photography
Lori McCoy-Bell
Hair Department Head
Christopher Scott
Choreographer
Pablo Grillo
Creative Consultant
Sam Lilja
Dialect Coach
Monique Ganderton
Stunt Coordinator
Michelle Cortés
Stunt Double
Myles Humphus
Stunt Double
Tanoai Reed
Stunt Double
Anthony N.
Stunts
Hans Marrero
Stunts
Mark Weinhandl
Stunts
Nicolas Bosc
Stunts
Rob Mars
Utility Stunts
Thomas Kail
Director
John Wildermuth
First Assistant Director
Bill Westenhofer
Second Unit Director
Jeff Okabayashi
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Dann Fink
ADR Voice Casting
Bernard Telsey
Casting
John Wildermuth
Co-Producer
Auliʻi Cravalho
Executive Producer
Charles Newirth
Executive Producer
Thomas Kail
Executive Producer
Beau Flynn
Producer
Dany Garcia
Producer
Dwayne Johnson
Producer
Hiram Garcia
Producer
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Producer
Charles Newirth
Unit Production Manager
Doc Kane
ADR Mixer
Leslie Bloome
Foley Artist
Ryan Collison
Foley Mixer
Nick Seaman
Foley Supervisor
Alex Lacamoire
Music Supervisor
Dave Metzger
Orchestrator
Mark Mancina
Original Music Composer
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Songs
Mark Mancina
Songs
Opetaia Foaʻi
Songs
Tim Nielsen
Sound Designer
Josh Gold
Sound Effects Editor
Paul Massey
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tim Nielsen
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tim Nielsen
Supervising Sound Editor
Bill Westenhofer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Glenn Melenhorst
Visual Effects Supervisor
Guy Williams
Visual Effects Supervisor
Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jared Bush
Original Film Writer
John Musker
Original Film Writer
Ron Clements
Original Film Writer
Dana Ledoux Miller
Screenplay
Jared Bush
Screenplay
Jul 7, 2026
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