Michael B. Jordan Voices Cute Netflix ‘Toon
There have been plenty of movies about human beings switching bodies, so why not one about animals? That, at least, seems to be the rationale behind Netflix’s new animated film rehashing a very familiar formula for kiddies too young to appreciate the likes of Freaky Friday. Unfortunately, they haven’t been the first out of the gate, since the very similarly themed Hoppers beat them to the punch months ago. Nonetheless, Swapped has its appeals, including gorgeously rendered animation and the first screen performance by Michael B. Jordan since he won the Oscar for Sinners. (Sorry, ladies, it’s his voice only.) Directed by Nathan Greno in his first feature effort since 2010’s Tangled, the film (originally titled Pookoo) is set in the bucolic “Valley,” where creatures don’t necessarily exist harmoniously. Case in point: the small woodland creatures known as “Pookoos,” who look like tiny sea otters, and the large birds called “Javans,” who resemble a cross between an owl and a parrot. Swapped The Bottom Line Better than its familiar premise would suggest. Release date: Friday, …
