Disney continues to live-action remake their animated classics. 'Moana' is the latest - and youngest - to fall foul to a cynical strategy which needs to end. #Cinema
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10/07/2026 - 11:31 GMT+2
Now that 10 years have passed since the original’s release, do you fancy contributing to Disney’s Scrooge McDuck vault by shelling out for a ticket to watch a shot-for-shot live-action knockoff of Moana?
No? Thought not.
If you loved the original animated tale, stay away. There’s nothing in the new version that matches 2016 Moana ’s vibrancy or adds anything to a film that didn’t need fixing.
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A decade since the animation, nothing of value is added in this lifeless, half-hearted picture
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