Moana IQ Score 134/200
Moana has an IQ Score of 134/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.
Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention
Score Breakdown
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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What these dimensions mean
- Cognitive Stimulation: observable narrative complexity, conceptual density, ambiguity, inference, and sustained intellectual demands in the work.
- Educational Value: the density and integration of substantive academic, historical, scientific, cultural, ethical, or practical information in the work.
- Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.
- SEL: social-emotional learning on the CASEL framework, self-awareness, regulation, social awareness, relationships, and decision-making. Does not affect the IQ Score.
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Correction history
Reassessment, September 7, 2026: both founders rewatched the complete film and rescored it in a full receipted session on the kids branch, blind to the prior number. The score changed from 150/200 to 134/200, tier unchanged, the SEL score from 32 to 38, and the age band from 5 to 12 to 6 and up. The component judgments behind the new number are on file.
Read the complete public corrections log →The TVI Take
Rescored on the current rubric by both founders, blind to the old number: 134. The story is linear and signposted, the wayfinding is sailing by the stars presented well rather than a new idea, and the craft is high without being flawless.
The film's emotional depth moved both raters and is not something the rubric yet measures; that is a craft question the methodology will take up.
People & Production John Musker · Walt Disney Animation Studios · United States 34 connections
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The Trailer
Official trailer, embedded from YouTube.
Where to Watch
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We wrote a full editorial on Moana, on a girl who has not learned to sail, a demigod who would rather be admired than corrected, and a grandmother who makes going home allowed.
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Is Moana Too Scary for Kids? →Where to go next
Moana scored 134/200 (Stimulating tier) on TV Intelligentsia's published methodology. Source: tvintelligentsia.com/titles/moana/
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