If you need hope for the next generation, look no further than Disney’s latest. Somewhere on a South Pacific island where natural elements have literal spirits, Moana (voiced by Auli’i Cravalho) is the teenage daughter of the chief. She can be characterized as a Polynesian “princess” only because she wears a dress and has two animal sidekicks—an adorable piglet and a mostly braindead rooster. It’s immediately clear her destiny is to be a leader: With her island’s wildlife dying, and thanks to some nudging from the “village crazy lady,” Moana discovers her people have abandoned their purpose as the greatest voyagers in the world. Teaming up with demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson), Moana travels the now-treacherous waters—and when Maui shows he’s ultimately unreliable, she has to learn to trust her own voice.