W ithout much in the song department or much useful story tension, “Moana 2” does its job just well enough to get by on looks. The open-air, open-water expanse of the rousing 2016 animated ...

girl Moana must go beyond the reef that surrounds her island community, fight mythological monster-gods, and, once again, discover the Oprah message: who she is meant to be as a “wayfinder.” ...