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It isn't deep or groundbreaking, but what it lacks in profundity, Puss in Boots more than makes up for with an abundance of wit, visual sparkle, and effervescent charm.
Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com Puss in Boots kind of surprised me. Far more witty then I expected it to be, nicely animated and featuring a charming story of forgiveness and redemption that belies its Shrek inspired fractured fairy tale roots, this movie more than won me over. Rated: 3/4 Jan 27, 2012 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard What kids will get from it is plenty of fairly outrageous but not often witty fun with fairytale elements blended into a kind of latterday spaghetti western. For the rest of us, there is plenty of nice visual detail. Rated: 3/5 Dec 9, 2011 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian It's all amiable stuff, with a perfectly decent script, and the feline hero lapping his milk gets an indulgent laugh. Rated: 3/5 Dec 8, 2011 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins The laughs are mostly derived from situational comedy, making it more universal than Shrek's pop-culture-heavy referential skits. Rated: 8/10 Nov 30, 2020 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Surprisingly, it's one of the animated highlights of 2011. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 20, 2020 Full Review Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) As an origin tale, it is a sharp and sophisticated piece of storytelling. Rated: 3.5/5 Jun 2, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews
Audience Member 9/10..cine absoluto Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/25 Full Review Shrek L This movie is okay i guess it could be better like it could be watchable twice but that's it. It's worth a watch I guess Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/04/25 Full Review Enzo D Incredible movie, with a very well developed animation. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/30/24 Full Review Jay W Looking back, this film will go down as a neat bit of trivia. People will say, oh yeah, "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" has a prequel. The way the cover of the film changed, it seemed like stores were trying to trick people into buying this film thinking it was "The Last Wish". Where this film does not come close to the greatness that its sequel reached, how does it hold up? It's very OK. After the character was a big hit in "Shrek 2", and the series reached a conclusion with "Shrek 4", Puss in Boots received this film as a spinoff. Where Shrek is mostly a satire, poking fun at different fairy tale and adventure clichés, Puss in Boots embraces them. It still has a sense of humor, but the feeling of adventure is more sincere. The action, music, voice acting, and comedy are all good. What keeps the film firmly in the just fine category is the story and some of the characters. The story feels like they dusted off an old adventure script that they had sitting in a vault for years and hastily painted on the Puss in Boots character. The story does not capitalize on the setting or the characters. It is just your basic heist, just in a fairy tale world. Puss in Boots and Kitty Softpaws are fun characters who work well off each other. Jack and Jill on the other hand are very forgettable antagonists. And Humpty Dumpty flip flops so often that you get no grasp on who the character is. The movie came out when 3D was all the rage, and it is clear that a lot of the action scenes were made with that gimmick in mind. It isn't the most distracting thing, but it is something that you notice. Overall, there is a lot of potential in these characters and in this world. It just isn't capitalized on until the next movie. We can all be grateful, that this cat had another life left in him after this one. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/26/24 Full Review Darío C I really enjoyed this movie. This is the spin-off Puss in Boots deserved. Antonio Banderas is perfect. Very authentic feeling. Good music, too. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/18/24 Full Review Audience Member at last one of the supporting characters from the 'Shrek' franchise gets his own spinoff a very deep, dark origin story about the Zorro-esque cat outlaw smart visuals, cool characters, a tight story and timed humor Antonio Banderas as Puss is phenomenal breathing such life into the character again other fairy tale elements are incorporated into the fun of the film being that it serves as a prequel to Shrek 2 it thankfully expands more of Puss's past and humble beginnings Salma Hayek and Zach Galfonakis make for good Kitty Softpaws and Humpty Dumpty joining him on his adventures Im so proud Dreamworks knows how to do animation and tell a story at the same time Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/30/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Long before meeting Shrek, Puss in Boots, just named a hero for saving a woman from a charging bull, is run out of town on suspicion of bank robbery, even though the real villain is Puss' friend, Humpty Dumpty. Though there is still animosity between them, Puss and Humpty reunite to steal a goose that lays golden eggs. Joining them for the adventure of nine lifetimes is notorious cat burglar, Kitty Softpaws.
Director
Chris Miller
Producer
Joe Aguilar, Latifa Ouaou
Screenwriter
Tom Wheeler
Distributor
DreamWorks SKG
Production Co
DreamWorks Animation
Rating
PG (Some Adventure Action|Mild Rude Humor)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 28, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$149.2M
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital
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