Moana Film Review

Finished watching Moana, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker and staring Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House and Temuera Morrison. The film opens up with a young Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) is listening to the story of Maui (Dwayne Johnson) the demigod who stole the heart of the goddess Te Fiti being told by her grandmother Tala (Rachel House). After the story Moana heads to the ocean which begins to play with her before her father the chief of the island (Temuera Morrison). As Moana grows older the ocean is constantly calling to her even though her father continues to play take up the family's tradition of becoming the next chef until the island's crops begin to decay and fish shop coming to the island cause Moana with the advice of her grandmother to find the demigod Maui in hope to fix the island that is being affected by his actions centuries prior. Overall this was a good film as it tells an adventure story of Moana trying to save her island from from rotten and decaying food along with fish not coming near the island, while also having a lot of great character growth for Moana and a great amount of character development for Maui. The music within the film form the score to the musical all work extremely well and don't feel awkward even the slightest. The animation works really well throughout the film even during the parts where different animation styles are shown at the same time works and doesn't feel out of place. 7.5/10.