FIND THE WAY.

Moana finds reason to leave her tribe again, this time to locate a sunken legendary island.

The story is so close to the original that it’s hard at first to separate them, but it is a new one, reuniting Moana with Maui the demigod against Nalo, a storm god looking to control the mortals. If that part of this sequel feels lazy, there is much to compensate. In terms of visuals, the film is beautiful and grand, with details and colors that make you long for this tropical place.

Once again, songs, cast and jokes are part of the pleasure, impressively attuned to the animation.

2024-U.S. Animated. 100 min. Color. Directed by Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller, David Derrick, Jr. Screenplay: Jared Bush, Dana Ledoux Miller. Songs: Mark Mancina, Opetaia Foa’i, Abigail Barlow, Emily Bear. Voices of Auli’i Cravalho (Moana Waialiki), Dwayne Johnson (Maui), Hualalai Chung (Moni), Rose Matafeo, David Fane, Awhimai Fraser, Temuera Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger… Jemaine Clement. 

Trivia: The original plan was to make a miniseries, not a feature film.