Review: Swapped shape-shifts into a familiar, fun adventure
Since its founding in March 2017, Skydance Animation has had a pretty rough go of it. Their first movie, Luck , was an absolute whiff of a movie, a pathetic attempt to co-opt the tried-and-true Pixar formula (if you can even call it a formula...maybe that's the rub). Next up was Spellbound , an attempt at making a Disney-esque princess musical that also fell flat, but was at least better than Luck . Now, the studio is back with shape-shifting animal adventure Swapped (formerly known as Pookoo ), which continues the upward trajectory. It isn't anything groundbreaking. It's barely even good. But it's a sign that Skydance Animation might yet find their footing, and their first movie that's pretty easy to recommend. Nathan Greno, who previously directed Tangled (alongside Byron Howard) and worked on lots of great Disney movies like Mulan, Bolt, and Big Hero 6 , is at the reins of Swapped , which features a gorgeous, fully-realized animalian world full of stunning creatu...
