’Moana 2’s Rotten Tomatoes Rating Is Main the Sequel Into Harmful Waters

Moana 2 is now taking part in in theaters all over the place, and together with the discharge of such a highly-anticipated sequel all the time comes comparisons to the unique. The primary Moana earned an almost flawless rating of 95% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, with a common viewers ranking of 89%. The sequel matches the viewers’s ranking of 89% on the time of writing. Nevertheless, the critic’s rating falls nicely beneath the ranking from the unique, as Moana 2 presently sits at a 69% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Whereas that is topic to vary, this 69% rating additionally comes from 97 opinions, which means that it’s attainable for Moana 2’s critic’s ranking to rise or fall, however it doubtless will keep comparatively near the place it’s, because the median would wish tons of opinions to see a heavy shift within the rating.

As is the case with many sequels that maybe weren’t initially deliberate however have been labored in as a consequence of sturdy field workplace performances, Moana 2’s biggest criticism is that it isn’t as inspired as the original, usually leaning an excessive amount of into what made the primary profitable. The issue is, that normally solely works as soon as, as audiences usually require one thing recent and new to make a sequel really feel like one thing greater than a money seize, particularly for one thing like Moana which grossed over $640 million on the worldwide field workplace in 2017. The sturdy viewers rating for Moana 2 is a stable indicator that the movie will carry out simply as nicely if not higher than the primary on the field workplace, as early predictions have Moana 2 beating the openings of each Wicked and Gladiator 2.

Who Stars in ‘Moana 2’?

Auli’i Cravalho is again to reprise her position because the titular character in Moana 2, with Dwayne Johnson additionally starring because the demigod Maui. Additionally reprising their roles from the extremely profitable first movie are Temuera Morrison as Chief Tui and Alan Tudyk as Heihei, with Hualalai Chung and Rose Matafeo taking part in Moni and Loto, respectively. Jemaine Clement and Ata Johnson additionally star within the movie as nicely. Jared Bush, Dana Ledoux Miller, Bek Smith, and Bryson Chun are all credited as writers on Moana 2, with David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, and Ledoux Miller all directing.

Moana 2 is now taking part in in theaters all over the place. Keep tuned to Collider for future updates and coverage of the film and discover tickets beneath for a showtime close to you.

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