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Movie Reviews: MOANA 2, MARIA, SWEETHEARTS
Sometimes, you just have to acknowledge that your main problem with a movie is really the principle of what it represents—in this case, a sequel that's merely "the same, but more."
Moana 2 Sweethearts Maria Moana 2 Sometimes, you just have to acknowledge that your main problem with a movie is really the principle of what it represents—in this case, a sequel that's merely "the same, but more." Here, Disney follows up its 2016 feature by sending Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) and the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) out on another seafaring quest, in this case lifting a curse on a sunken island in order to allow for a reunification of divided island peoples.
It's kind of a nice idea to center unity over division as an inherent good, but the filmmaking team here never seems…
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