ALBAWABA - Disney's new Moana remake faces harsh early reviews.Disney has once again turned one of its most successful animated films of recent years in

The Moana live-action movie Rotten Tomatoes score is in, and it is absolutely not what Disney wants to see ahead of its opening weekend.

Moana, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Catherine Lagaʻaia, is back on the big screen but in a live-action setting, but Rotten Tomatoes critics aren’t too thrilled about it.

The film, starring Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Laga'aia, hits theaters on July 10.

Say what you will about them, but the Disney live-action remakes have at least given us a choice. Which would you rather see?

A decade since the animation, nothing of value is added in this lifeless, half-hearted picture

Thomas Kail directs this reimagining of the hit 2016 animated feature about a plucky Polynesian teenager’s coming of age, with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Dwayne Johnson is back as Maui, and yet...

"Moana," in theaters Friday, trades the beautiful animation for lackluster backgrounds, rendering the epic adventure as a static exercise.

Moana features a breakout performance by Catherine Laga’aia as the titular Moana – but the remake loses some of the magic of the original.

Dwayne Johnson’s terrible wig is just one low point of a film that has all the visual allure of a Febreeze advert

It helps that half the film IS animated, that Dwayne Johnson goes full Maui, and that newcomer Catherine Laga’aia plays Moana with beaming rapture.

Johnson reprises his role from the original animation and has fine rapport with his young co-star Catherine Laga’aia, but the whole enterprise feels cynical and pointless

Johnson reprises his role as demigod Maui in the live-action adaption, which comes 10 years after the animated hit.

Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Laga'aia star in the live-action remake of the 2016 original.

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Dwayne Johnson returns as Maui for Disney's live-action take on the 2016 animated original that recently spawned a mammoth hit with 2024's 'Moana 2.'

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AP:Say what you will about them, but the Disney live-action remakes have at least given us a choice. Which would you rather see? A spirited, soaring, animated Moana, or a…