Moana review – Disney's Polynesian princess movie can't help
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Culturally accurate and with a pleasing ‘know who you are’ message, this South Pacific adventure tale nevertheless settles into empowerment cliches
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How Pacific Islanders Helped Disney's Moana Find Its Way
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Moana (2025) - News - IMDb
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Disney depiction of obese Polynesian god in film Moana sparks anger, Moana
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Movie Reviews: Disney's Moana Needs No Prince, Just The Land And
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Moana may smash Frozen's Thanksgiving box office record this weekend, Movies
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Vaiana, la Légende du bout du Monde [Walt Disney - 2016]
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Moana: Disney's New Princess — Penn Moviegoer
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Royal but redundant: why the Disney prince is an endangered species, Movies
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The controversy behind Disney's groundbreaking new princess
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Moana - Metacritic
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