What is the Metascore for Moana?

Moana has a Metascore of 42 out of 100 on Celluloid.

Moana Review (2026) — 50% Celluloid Score

Item: Moana
Rating: 2.5
Author: Kaiser Khan

Directed by Thomas Kail · 2026 · Last reviewed August 26, 2026

Answer Summary

Moana (2026) earns a 50% Celluloid Score — Not Recommended. Not Recommended — reception was largely negative.Audiences (89%) responded more warmly than critics (31%).

Quick Verdict

Calculated from 4 available inputs: Celluloid editorial rating, Metascore, Letterboxd and IMDb. Audience sentiment is shown separately and never changes the composite. See how we calculate scores.

50%

Celluloid Score Not Recommended

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31% Editorial Rating

89% Audience snapshot · excluded

42 Metascore

★★★☆☆ Letterboxd 3.1

6.6 IMDb /10

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Runtime: 1h 55m
Cast: Catherine Lagaʻaia , Dwayne Johnson , Jemaine Clement , Frankie Adams , Rena Owen , John Tui
Country: United States
Language: English

Official theatrical poster for Moana (2026)

Walt Disney Pictures

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Moana is in cinemas now — it isn't streaming anywhere yet.

Why this score?

Celluloid's editorial rating is reserved (31/100).
General viewers mostly liked it (89%).
Celluloid Score 50% combines 4 verified rating inputs; audience sentiment is shown separately.

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Crowd-pleaser seekers — audiences liked it more than critics

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Anyone needing a safe, highly rated pick

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Is Moana worth watching?

No — Moana earns a 50% Celluloid Score. Not Recommended — reception was largely negative.

Celluloid Verdict

Catherine Lagaʻaia is a radiant discovery and Oscar Faura's images give the ocean real weight, but critics remain cold — a Rotten 31% Tomatometer — finding Thomas Kail's near shot-for-shot fidelity to the 2016 original leaves this lavish remake with no reason of its own to exist. Audiences are far kinder (89% Popcornmeter), keeping it afloat at the box office in Odyssey's shadow.
Celluloid editorial verdict

Audiences (89%) responded more warmly than critics (31%).

What is Moana about?

In Disney’s live-action reimagining of the Oscar-nominated animated adventure, Moana answers the Ocean’s call and voyages beyond the reef of Motunui with the demigod Maui on a quest to restore the heart of Te Fiti and save her island. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s songs return alongside new spectacle built for the big screen.

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Critic Reviews

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Moana Review: Disney's Live-Action Remake Sails in Circles

★★½☆☆ 2.5/5

Disney's live-action Moana is a lavish act of transcription: Catherine Lagaʻaia shines and Oscar Faura's camera gives the ocean real weight, but Thomas Kail's shot-for-shot fidelity to a ten-year-old classic leaves the remake with nowhere of its own to sail.

Handsomely mounted and warmly acted, but creatively becalmed — a faithful copy that never argues for its own existence. Revisit the 2016 original instead.

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