Moana
Movie • 2016 • Animation
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In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
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There’s scenes were Hei Hei (the chicken) has seemingly been forgotten about but he turns up again
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Maui’s backstory as depicted in a tattoo
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Like most movies in recent years, this one has a plot mandated friendship failure driving the third act breakup. Also like most movies, it gets resolved in the climax.
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Abuse
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It is brief but Maui tells Moana that his parents didn't want him after he was born and threw him into the sea to die. His tattoo of a woman throwing a baby into the water is featured here.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Maui’s parents tried to kill him.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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I would say Maui is 100% abusive. He is constantly putting Moana down and even pees on her. He steals Tefiti’s heart and causes destruction in doing so. Yet, all is forgiven by the end of the movie.
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Maui was almost murdered by his parents and is definitely abusive towards Moana, Tefiti and others.
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Addiction
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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Moana's pet chicken is sometimes tossed about or held by the neck and there are several jokes about eating him but he is unharmed
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A bunch of fish are swallowed by Tamatoa during the "Shiny" sequence.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Only a monster that gets fully eaten by another monster
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Does a horse die?
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No horses in this film at all - I don’t know who keeps pressing “yes”
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Is an animal sad?
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A pig is briefly shown with a sad expression when his master eats pork
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Are there snakes?
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There are not snakes, but animals visually similar to snakes (eels) are shown.
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Are there sharks?
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Maui turns into a shark at one point
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Are there bugs?
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Maui occasionally turns into some non-threatening insects
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Assault
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Not at all
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It’s a disney movie
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Not it is not
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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None
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Is someone drugged?
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One character is left immobile (but still conscious) by a tranquilizer dart. The character is more annoyed than scared, and they recover not too long after.
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Is someone restrained?
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Maui traps Moana in a cage.
The ocean paralyzes Mount with a blow dart.
The ocean paralyzes Mount with a blow dart.
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Is someone held under water?
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Not held, but trapped (foot stuck in a coral reef). It’s scary, but they escape and survive.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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No there isn’t
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Is there excessive gore?
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Nope
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Is someone tortured?
130 supporters
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Sort of; Tamatoa seemingly tortures the protagonists, Maui and Moana throughout his song. Maui and Moana both express displeasure, and it can definitely be seen as though he is torturing them.
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Is there a hanging?
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No there isn’t
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Is there cannibalism?
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Not shown on screen, but Tamatoa mentions that he ate his own grandmother. It's probably a reference to real coconut crabs being cannibals.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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None at all
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Is someone buried alive?
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Moana is trapped in a cave early on. Also the chicken ends up buried several times but is unharmed
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Is there amputation?
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Te Ka’s hands get cut off by Maui’s hook
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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There's a scene fairly early in the movie where Moana ends up having to hold her breath for an extended period of time due to her boat being tipped over. She is mostly unharmed, but the scene is rather intense.
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Are any hands damaged?
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Tē Ka’s hand gets cut off by Maui during a fight but regenerates almost instantly
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Does someone fall to their death?
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There ARE a lot of long falls in the movie
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Moana is briefly knocked out during the first fight with Te Ka.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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moana's father takes a boat out with his friend. The friend drowns, as the father can't save him
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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Of old age.
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Does someone die?
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Of old age.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Maui and Moana jump down into a realm but they don’t die
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Not a parent, but Moana's grandmother dies early on.
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Does a family member die?
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The grandmother passed away
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Fear
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Are there ghosts?
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Yes, but it is the ghost of a beloved character, and it is there to comfort and encourage the main character. It is not designed to be frightening.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Pretty much 80% of the movie takes place on or near the ocean. Even the 20% that isn’t are on islands. Not safe for aquaphobes
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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A kid mentions needing to throw up, but doesn't actually do so. The chicken, Heihei, also spits out items he swallows on occasion, but it's not necessarily vomiting.
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Is someone eaten?
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Tamatoa, a giant crab, mentions eating his grandmother in the past.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Maui urinates in the water while Moana’s hand is in it.
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Does someone spit?
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Not farting or spitting specifically, but there is a similar body fluid moment when Maui pees in the water while Moana's hand is in it and she feels it get warmer.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
97 supporters
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Nothing homophobic/transphobic etc at all throughout the entire movie
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Maui’s fish hook - precious to him - is damaged and then destroyed near the end of the film, but is fixed very quickly
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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There is a very brief tattoo scene that shows something akin to needles being used.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Not exactly a hospital, but the main character is suddenly called to her dying grandmother's bedside and a healer/physician figure is there talking to her parents about options, it is evocative of dying in a modern hospital.
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Is there menstruation?
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Maui's still alive at this point, so even if the ratings did allow for this discussion, it would be inconsistent with the mythology.
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
39 supporters
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A character still deals with trauma from losing a friend when he was young, but he isn't shown dealing with flashbacks or anxiety.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Maui briefly traps Moana in a cave. However she escapes almost immediately, and it is over in a matter of seconds
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Sort of…
Maui gets upset and he yells at Moana for it before abandoning her in the middle of the ocean.
She then cries over it, thinking she “can’t do this”
It’s over pretty quickly as she then has an emotional arc/song where she realises she CAN do this and Maui comes back to help her
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Natural Disasters
Are there tsunamis?
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There’s storm and big waves scenes but not technically a tsunami
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
62 supporters
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When Moana's mom tells her the story of her dad going out on a boat once as a boy there is lightning during the brief flashback scenes.
When Moana asks the ocean for help to right her boat there is also lightning for a little bit.
When Moana asks the ocean for help to right her boat there is also lightning for a little bit.
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Does a baby cry?
28 supporters
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There are little kids shrieking and crying in the beginning for a little bit, but none of them are infants and it’s brief.
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Is there screaming?
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Tē ka frequently “screeches” when fighting, and is injured and screams but it’s not human sounding
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Moana ALMOST swears but is cut off. Honestly the movie would’ve gotten a G-rating if not for that scene
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
15 supporters
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Tamatoa talks to the camera twice - first during the "Shiny" musical number, when he quickly glances at the camera and advises the viewer to look up what a decapod is, and finally during the post-credits sequence, when he suggests the viewer would have more sympathy for him if he had a cute Jamaican accent (a reference to Sebastian from The Little Mermaid).
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
37 supporters
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Not at all
There are children around (and Moana is shown as a toddler at the beginning) - but there are no child birthing scenes
There are children around (and Moana is shown as a toddler at the beginning) - but there are no child birthing scenes
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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There are toddlers, but no infants.
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Prejudice
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Are there fat jokes?
65 supporters
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I just finished it and I don't remember there being any fat jokes
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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The spotlighting of bigger body types has been criticized as Pacific Islanders are stereotyped as bigger than other groups (there’s nothing wrong with any body type, of course, but many find it an unnecessary conflation, like when Jews are stereotyped as bigger). There are no fat jokes and it’s ultimately just intersectionality. However, it does raise questions about why Disney doesn’t represent bigger people as much outside of this series.
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Does the black guy die first?
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Everyone is Polynesian. Everyone who dies is Polynesian. Everyone who lives is Polynesian.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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No, but Disney was criticized for selling a “skin suit” costume of Maui that they discontinued.
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
16 supporters
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Maui is a demigod, and the characters discuss Polynesian gods.
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Are there demons or Hell?
15 supporters
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Maui refers to Te Ka as a lava demon.
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
82 supporters
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Not at all
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Are there end credit scenes?
73 supporters
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During the credits there are songs and drawings and there is a cutaway scene after the credits are done.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
34 supporters
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A car does not crash, but several boats crash.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
82 supporters
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Moana gets a cut on her foot and the bloody scrape is briefly shown.
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Does someone drown?
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During a flashback, a person drowns. The event leads to the Father's paranoia of letting anybody beyond the reef.
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