Disney's ongoing fascination with remaking its animated classics in live action reaches the Pacific with Moana, a lavish reimagining of one of the studio's most

See the characters in Disney's live-action remake of 'Moana' and the actors who play them, vs. the original animated versions.

And you believe those things because the movie is animated and has a certain look and feel, which creates an unspoken whimsy. The world itself feels real, even when it’s obviously not. Funny then that the “real” version of Moana feels so incredibly fake.

This live-action version is cute, and Laga’aia is an exciting new star, but it doesn’t quite pull off a convincing argument to go out when we already have “Moana” at home.