'Moana 2,' starring the voices of Auli'i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson, is in theaters Nov. 27 Eight years after Disney thrilled audiences and families with Moana, Auli'i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson take their beloved animated characters back to the oceans of Polynesia.

Disney Animation's follow-up to its 2016 hit sees its wayfinding heroine assembling a ragtag crew for a dangerous quest to find a lost island, in order to save her own community.

The warm Polynesian spirit and open-sea sense of adventure is back in “Moana 2,” but little of the original’s humor or catchy songs finds its way into this heartfelt but lackluster sequel set three years after the original,