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Puffin Rock and the New Friends

Puffin Rock and the New Friends

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1h 19m2023Ireland
AventureAnimationFamilial

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What this film brings

friendshipteamworkcourageprotection

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Violence

0/5

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None

Fear

1/5

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Mild

Sexuality

0/5

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None

Language

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None

Narrative complexity

1/5

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Accessible

Adult themes

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Expert review

This animated feature set on Puffin Rock offers a gentle and accessible adventure built around teamwork, curiosity, and the urgent effort to protect a missing egg before a storm reaches the island. The sensitive material is mostly mild suspense, including brief separations, a race against time, a few danger moments linked to the sea and harsh weather, and worry about a very vulnerable little creature. The intensity stays low throughout, and the film remains warm and reassuring, with no meaningful violence, no coarse language, and no adult content, although very young or highly sensitive children may still be unsettled by strong wind, waves, or the fear that the egg may not be found in time. For most children from age 4, this should be manageable, especially with a parent nearby to reassure them during tense scenes and to emphasize the cooperative, caring nature of the story.

Synopsis

Follow the disappearance of the final Little Egg of the season in strange circumstances, leading Oona and her friends to embark on a race against time to try to save it before a big storm hits Puffin Rock and puts the island in danger.

Difficult scenes

The story is built around the disappearance of a small egg, which creates immediate concern for a fragile little being that children will quickly understand needs protection. This idea may affect very sensitive viewers, especially those who strongly respond to baby animals, although the scene is handled in a gentle and non traumatic way. A significant part of the film involves a race against time before a large storm hits the island. The wind, rough sea, and sense of urgency may unsettle a young child, even though the presentation remains clearly family oriented and avoids harsh realism. The young characters are at times briefly separated or faced with natural obstacles during their search. These moments create moderate tension, because children may worry that they will get lost or fail to arrive in time, then the film quickly returns to a reassuring tone. Some danger comes mainly from the environment, with travel and exploration in conditions that feel less secure than usual. There is no aggressive violence and no strongly malicious threat, but the combination of a baby creature in danger and an approaching storm may still call for adult reassurance for very anxious children.

Where to watch

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Availability checked on Apr 01, 2026

About this title

Format
Feature film
Year
2023
Runtime
1h 19m
Countries
Ireland
Original language
EN
Studios
Cartoon Saloon, Dog Ears, Northern Ireland Screen, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, RTÉ, BBC Alba