Moana

The Disney princess is an ever-expanding world, taking in a wide variety of girls from fish to redheads to even Sarah Silverman (dammit, Vanelope Van Der Schweetz is a Disney Princess). But Moana may be one of their more proactive princesses - there's not even the vaguest hint of a handsome prince in this one, and she's suitably plucky and determined and has a heroic theme-song to voyage forth.

Disney clearly know what they're doing with this sorta thing, and do it very well. Voice casting and direction is top-notch - Dwayne Johnson, for instance, could be counted on to get the braggart and the self-important bits of his demi-god Maui, but who'd have guessed he could be so touching when he needs to be? Clearly Disney did.

This is the typical Disney semi-musical, and in this case the songs are part-written by Broadway Wunderkind of the moment Lin-Manuel Miranda. The're an eclectic bunch - some islander chanting for "We know the way", a traditional heroic-girl-I-want song for "How Far I'll go", a Bowie tribute for Jermaine Clement's monster with "Shiny", and a rumpus for Dwayne Johnson (yes, the Rock sings! Quite well, too!). If there's no breakout "Let it Go" sized hit here, that's probably going to be gratefully appreciated by parents everywhere.

In short, this is good quality Disney work to provide happiness to many, with cute animal sidekicks and everything. Recommended.