The Post on Moana

Despite familiar formula, Disney's 'Moana' is a breath of fresh island air

By Caitlin Moore
Washington Post November 23 2016, p. C3
https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/disneys-moana-is-a-breath-of-fresh-island-air/2016/11/22/96bd1f90-a50f-11e6-8fc0-7be8f848c492_story.html

'Moana' isn't your typical Disney princess. She's an action hero.

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog November 23 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/11/23/moana-isnt-your-typical-disney-princess-shes-an-action-hero/

Why ‘Moana’s’ main demigod looks so much — and so little — like People’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog November 22 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/11/22/why-moanas-main-demigod-looks-so-much-and-so-little-like-peoples-sexiest-man-alive/

 

and the Times for luck.

'Moana,' Brave Princess on a Voyage With a Chicken

By A. O. SCOTT

A version of this review appears in print on November 23, 2016, on page C1 of the New York edition with the headline: Did You Just Call Me a Princess?

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/movies/moana-review.html

An image from Disney's "Moana." (courtesy of Disney Animation 2016)