Moana 2

If children of a certain age like this kind of kinetic fare, they're going to like this movie. It never stops, not for one second.

It's great fun for girls and boys, and the animation is really sweeping.

Much like the hermit crab who kicks things off by attempting to trade in his new shell for an ill-fitting larger one, there’s simply not enough to fill out Moana 2.

Onscreen, the details of this fabricated, composite mythology get a little murky. But squint your eyes against the specifics, and the odyssey tends to deliver a mood that fluctuates along a scale of benign to bright.

... One of the most ill-conceived sequels in Disney history.

The animation is impressive. This is an easy film to watch.

Moana 2 somehow feels like a three-hour film crammed into an hour and 40 minutes. The animation is disappointing, the story is stretched well beyond its means, and the music is pure trash.

This is a movie that grabs you by the collar in the first frames and insists you are having a good time -- and never stops telling you that, whether you are or not.

Moana 2 has plenty to keep the audience engaged from start to finish, even if the story has so many repeat moments from the original.

The enjoyment [of the film]… is much more connected to the visual presentation than to a plot that is followed with much more indifference than attention. [Full review in Spanish]