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Disney’s tale of female empowerment is told in rousing fashion, with humor and passion and grace.

The new film uses plenty of familiar Disney tropes, but polishes them to a new high gloss.

This musical tale of an empowered Polynesian princess marks a return to the heights of the Disney Renaissance, from the directors of 'The Little Mermaid' and 'Aladdin.'

Boosted by songs co-written by 'Hamilton' sensation Lin-Manuel Miranda, this colorful Polynesian animated excursion from Disney features voice work from Dwayne Johnson and young...

Disney’s ‘Moana’ is an inspired, spellbinding tribute to the human spirit.

Between The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, and The Princess and the Frog, directors Ron Clements and John Musker are responsible for helming some of Disney’s most iconic ani...

Maybe it was the agitated, election-induced state of mind I was in when I saw it, but Disney's Moana feels like a movie about how easy it can be to give up, and how important it...

The title heroine of Disney’s animated extravaganza Moana is like a refreshing sea breeze. There are no princes or other square-jawed hunks for her to pine after, and the teen w...

Walt Disney’s animated movies haven’t always provided girls with the most liberated, self-aware, or independent role models.

“Moana” would have been enormously entertaining regardless of when it came out, but its arrival at this particular moment in history gives it an added sense of significance—as w...

Don’t call it a princess movie: Disney’s latest may feature a girl with royal lineage, but she’s more into boats than ball gowns in this crowd-pleaser of a musical, scored by th...

Story of Pacific Islander girl on a quest benefits from Dwayne Johnson's comic timing and a Lin-Manuel Miranda soundtrack.

Moana introduces yet another Disney Princess, but adds a bit of progress.

Moana beats the drum of female empowerment for so many young girls who deserve it now more than ever.

A 16-year-old princess must defy tradition by venturing beyond her island home of Motunui to save her people.

On Motunui, a small island in Polynesia, young Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) is being raised to lead, but dreams of nautical adventure instead. Impending disaster causes her to finall...

This latest animated adventure is mostly business as usual, but the title character does bolster the studio’s roster of non-princess heroines.

While the main themes of Moana are identity and self-discovery — familiar territory, to be sure — the film manages to enliven such well-traveled latitudes with a breeze as fresh...

Featuring songs by "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, the new animated musical adventure "Moana" is Disney's first princess-with-an-asterisk offering since "Frozen." The "Mo...

It’s time for another Disney Princess movie, and you know how it goes.

Compared to your average Disney princesses, Moana is neither selfishly rebellious nor simplistically innocent.

It’s rough sailing out in the real world these days, but Moana’s moral message – never give up and you’ll discover anything is possible if you cooperate rather than compete – fe...

There are some touching and amusing zigzags on the way to the film’s sweet and affirmative conclusion.

Culturally accurate and with a pleasing ‘know who you are’ message, this South Pacific adventure tale nevertheless settles into empowerment cliches.