Lingue Disponibili
Le recensioni per Moana sono approdate. La nuova versione live-action del film animato di Disney non esce ufficialmente nei cinema fino a venerdì, ma i critici stanno condividendo i loro pensieri sul film musicale, diretto da Thomas Kail di Hamilton e con brani musicali di Lin-Manuel Miranda. Scopri se il film affonda o naviga nel nostro riepilogo qui sotto.
Moana segue il personaggio principale, interpretato da Catherine Lagaʻaia, mentre risponde alla chiamata dell'Oceano e, per la prima volta, naviga oltre la barriera corallina della sua isola di Motunui con l'infame demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson, che riprende il suo ruolo dai film animati) in un viaggio indimenticabile per ripristinare la prosperità al suo popolo.
Il film è diretto dal vincitore del Tony Award Thomas Kail (Hamilton), prodotto da Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Beau Flynn, Hiram Garcia e Lin-Manuel Miranda; e prodotto esecutivo da Kail, Scott Sheldon, Charles Newirth e Auliʻi Cravalho, che ha dato voce a Moana nei film animati. Moana presenta canzoni originali di Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foaʻi, e Mark Mancina, oltre a una colonna sonora originale composta da Mancina.
Gregory Nussen, Deadline: "La serietà di questa storia semplicemente non funziona altrettanto bene quando tutto è fatto in modi così palesemente artificiali e per un evidente perseguimento di profitto. Non c'è niente qui di più inventivo rispetto a quando i creatori di Instagram usano l'IA per immaginare come sarebbero sembrati i personaggi di Family Guy se fossero stati 'reali.' E dice qualcosa di realmente dannoso sulla mancanza distintiva di arte del film che è genuinamente difficile capire cosa, se non altro qui, non sia IA."
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter: "Floating in like a refreshing Pacific island breeze, Moana comes along a mere 10 years after the animated feature on which it’s based, and while the live-action remake knows better than to tamper with the story’s sturdy bones, this charming new iteration stands confidently on its own."
Owen Gleiberman, Variety: "Moana” never makes live action more captivating than animation. On some level these movies will always be unnecessary. The remake of “Moana” can’t, and shouldn’t, replace the original. But it earns a place alongside it."
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian: "A supposedly “live-action” film, it is so deeply embedded in CGI work as to be really another animation. An actual stage musical version would be a different proposition and that might give the musical numbers more of a platform. This feels like a superfluous piece of monetisable content."
Nell Minow, RogerEbert.com: "However unnecessary it may be, director Thomas Kail’s live-action remake of Disney’s 2016 animated “Moana” is very entertaining, with gorgeous visuals, great songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Dwayne Johnson and Jemaine Clement reprising their roles as demigod Maui and giant monster crab Tamatoa."
Wilson Chapman, IndieWire: "The bones of the original “Moana” are strong enough that this remake is perfectly watchable. But it registers as incongruous that this story, all about exploring the unknown, plays things so painfully safe."
William Bibbiani, TheWrap: "Moana” is far from the worst Disney live-action remake, but it’s arguably the most redundant. I’m sure there are people who will enjoy paying extra, again, to watch a recent movie they already liked, again, but longer and not as good, again."
Kristy Puchko, Mashable: "Rather than going somewhere new, Kail and company avoid discovery, opting instead to approximate popular IP. And in that way, it feels like AI. It does not feel like an earnest, human expression, but rather a shallow approximation that might have the general look but misses the soul of the original work."
Hanna Ines Flint, IGN: "After spending nearly two hours back in this mythical South Pacific world, and to answer that earlier question: No, Moana isn't convincing enough to warrant its existence. But this is where we are in this risk-averse film industry, where we will probably be for a long time, and compared to other live-action Disney remakes, it could be a lot worse."
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