Moana 2

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.

Moana 2 lands somewhere between passable and disappointing depending on who you ask — critics broadly agree the animation is gorgeous, but the story feels rushed and underdeveloped, a consequence of the film's origins as a longer streaming series compressed into a feature. Where critics really split is on how much that structural problem undermines the whole: some found it enjoyable enough as a colorful holiday adventure, while others found the music flat, the stakes absent, and the result more corporate product than genuine storytelling.