A Cultural Experience

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2017)

Despite the tedious amount of singing throughout the film, Moana (2016) revealed to an audience of a widely unknown culture through an animated story. Maui, voiced my Dwayne Johnson shows an alteration for the persona of his character as well as impacting the very story in which he plays one of the main protagonists. Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) however opens the audience to a realm of hope, duty, and resilience in which has great application to her character within this culturally defined film. Overall the mix of personalities throughout the film, as well as the adventurous tone allows Moana (2016) to be an experience worth watching.