2016 · animation · family · adventure
Moana (2016)
Directed by John Musker, Ron Clements1h 47m2016
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
Our read: Moana (2016) (2016) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive animation · family · adventure entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- intense
- redemptive
- tender
Watching Moana tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Moana feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a fun animated musical adventure with strong heroine and ocean spirit.”
Skip it tonight — You dislike musicals or prefer dark live action films.
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Discussion
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