Robert J. Flaherty's follow-up to Nanook of the North shifts from the Arctic to the South Seas, portraying Samoan village life with a painterly eye. Blending ethnographic detail with a romanticized "Gauguin idyll," the film celebrates daily rituals, communal traditions, and the passage into adulthood, suffused with what Flaherty called "pride of beauty, pride of strength.
Moana has generally received positive reviews.
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Moana was released in 1926 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 7 reviews, giving Moana (1926) an average rating of 72%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 72%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Moana than critics were.
With a score of 72%, Moana is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1926, which stands at 67%.
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