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Movie -- 2026 -- Netflix
Swapped
Ollie is a Pookoo, a small sloth-like creature. Ivy is a Javan, a bird. Their kinds do not share food. Ollie lands on a glowing pod and becomes a Javan. Ivy becomes a Pookoo. A fish named Boogle says he knows more pods. He is the Firewolf from the old story. They have to put the valley back together.
Notes are based on public reviews and published descriptions. Timestamps are approximate. Not yet checked against Netflix AU.
Age
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5
6
7
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10
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12
- Not suitable
- Parental guidance
- Ok
GentleGuide scale for sensitive kids. Not an ACCM or Classification Board rating.
About this title
- Classification
- PG
- Length
- 101 minutes
- Consumer advice
- Mild animated violence, themes, injury detail, crude humour, fantasy themes, and scary scenes
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Before you press play
Pookoo and Javans do not share a table anymore. Ollie, a small sloth-like Pookoo, lands on a glowing pod and wakes up in a bird body. Ivy, the Javan who knocked him into the hole, turns into a Pookoo. A chatty fish named Boogle knows where the pods are. Then he is on fire, and the valley's old villain is back.
- Two kinds who do not mix
- Waking up in another body
- Food running out
- Parents lost to hunger
- A Firewolf
- A dam coming down
What may feel big
Grandma's story: the Firewolf killed Dzo, started a forest fire, and a rockslide flooded the valley. Javans take Pookoo food; years later the stores are low. Ivy's parents already starved. Ollie is chased off his island as a Javan. Treewolves ambush them. Both turn into fish. At the waterfall Boogle is the Firewolf, smashes the pods, and knocks Ivy out. Ollie carries her up Javan Rock. Ollie becomes a Dzo, fights, breaks the dam, and looks dead until the Dzo bring him back as a Pookoo.
4-6. Four and five are below this scale. Six needs you for the Firewolf, Ivy going still, and Ollie looking dead. Pretty plants do not cancel those.
7-9. Sit with them for the Firewolf and the dam. The body-swap jokes help until the last act.
10-12. They can follow a walk-in-their-body story. The fake-out death is the skip if you want a gentler ending. Hunger talk may sit if food worry is live at home.
Triggers in this guide
Counts are how often that theme shows up in the notes -- not when it happens.
- Sadness 1
- Scary Imagery 2
- Peril 2
- Violence 1
If you have not watched it yet
Should I sit with them?
We would not put this on for a child under 6 and leave the room. Plan to sit with them at least until 9. After that, many families can watch with a grown-up nearby rather than on the couch. The notes above say what happens. You know your child. This is not medical advice.