Puss in Boots (2011)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 140
Fresh: 117 | Rotten: 23
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.
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 4
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.
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Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. This is the true story of The Cat, The Myth, The Legend... The Boots. -- (C) Dreamworks/Paramount
Cast
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Antonio Banderas
Puss in Boots -
Salma Hayek
Kitty Softpaws -
Zach Galifianakis
Humpty Dumpty, Humpy Du... -
Amy Sedaris
Jill -
Billy Bob Thornton
Jack -
Constance Marie
Imelda -
Guillermo del Toro
Comandante, Moustache M... -
Rich Dietl
Bounty Hunter -
Ryan Crego
Luis -
Mike Mitchell
Andy Beanstalk -
Bob Joles
Guiseppe -
Conrad Vernon
Raoul, Soldier -
Nina Barry
Charo, Ivana -
Chris Miller
Boy Blue, Friar Miller,... -
Latifa Ouaou
Crazy Woman, Little Boy... -
Tom McGrath
Bar Thief -
Bob Persichetti
Ohhh Cat -
Tom Wheeler
Bartender, Hotel Owner,... -
Jessica Schulte Jones
Estella Maria -
Jessica Schulte
Estella Maria -
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All Critics (142) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (120) | Rotten (23) | DVD (5)
'Puss in Boots' is uneven, but when it's on course, cat fans will be in heaven.
Top CriticPuss in Boots prances along on three basic truths. One, cats are funny. Two, vain Spanish cats in high-heeled musketeer boots are even funnier. Lastly, booted, vain Spanish cats voiced by a breathy Antonio Banderas are flat-out hilarious.
An almost purr-fect little film that even a dog owner can enjoy.
It would overstate matters to say Puss in Boots leaves its cat holding the bag (we had to get that in). But it also leaves its hero awaiting a richer fable, one befitting his charms and his portrayer's talents.
The character may be here to save the day, but the movie's only here to pass the time and it does that just fine.
It's the morally-cracked Humpty who provides the film's emotional trajectory. Puss in Boots is a fun feline frolic -- with just a little egg on its face.
Finally, there's a cat even cooler than Garfield who will win the box office as well as a place on your favorites list. His name is Puss and he wears boots.
Banderas vocally vamps this up in ways he never gets to do in live action films.
Bet the litter box that the cat in the hat will be back, Puss in Boots is fantastic family fun, both kids and adults will lap it up like a cold glass of milk.
Puss offers strong CGI charisma, and with a tighter narrative focus than Shrek, it's safe to say that DreamWorks has another franchise-worthy golden goose.
"Puss in Boots" is light, breezy family entertainment that [features] top-notch voice work from the entire cast.
Puss in Boots delivers just the right mixture of fun, exciting and super cute.
Combine the high-definition picture and sound with the beauty and complexity of the animation, and you get a spectacular audiovisual feast. (Blu-ray Combo edition)
Clever and witty enough for adults and colorful and zany enough for children. Moreover, it's adventurous enough for anyone to like, no matter what their age.
Puss proves more than capable and deserving of the solo spotlight, his outsize bravado, machismo, ego spilling out beyond the big screen in fiercely funny feline fashion.
"Puss in Boots" shows that there's certainly enough in him to create a new hero beloved by both children and merchandise executives.
Avoids all the worst tendencies of the later Shrek movies.
an eksaireseis kana dyo eksypna gags kai kapoies paixnidiarikes proseggiseis sthn paradosh toy Shrek na anakateyei klasika paramythia, s' olon ton ypoloipo afhghmatiko toys aksona kratane ta pragmata apelpistika paidika
With Banderas' scene-stealing feline finally getting his own film, the franchise now has a worthy successor to the two original Shrek movies.
I'm pretty sure that the reason Antonio Banderas was put on this planet was to make Puss in Boots speak... [H]ilariously and endlessly inventive...
There are betrayals and double-crosses galore, rattling chases and swish sword fights, fleeting visual gags, mischievous verbal jokes and, best of all, a frisky flamenco dance-off between Puss and Kitty that will leave the viewer purring with pleasure.
Puss's boots are delectable things which could almost have been the product of that classic fairy tale, The Elves and the Shoemaker ( ... ) and every time ( ... ) we see those little gnashers, the film is a technical marvel.
Audience Reviews for Puss in Boots
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- Puss in Boots: Hmmm, I smell something familiar, something dangerous, something breakfast-y.
- Humpty Dumpty: It's been a long time brother.
- Puss in Boots: Maldito Huevo!
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- Puss in Boots: Very well, if it is to be a dance fight, then I will tuesday night dance fight you to the death.
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- Moustache Man: [Moustache Man shows Puss the magic means tattooed on his arm] These are the beans of legends.
- Puss in Boots: Oh!
- Luis: Grows the vine to the land of giants.
- Moustache Man: [Moustache Man opens his shirt to reveal castle in the sky tattooed on his chest]
- Luis: And the golden goose.
- Puss in Boots: The golden goose!
- Moustache Man: One of her eggs could set you up for life.
- Luis: All nine of them. Show him the golden eggs.
- Moustache Man: [Moustache Man gets up and unzips his trousers]
- Puss in Boots: NO!!! Please uh... you have uh... shown enough.
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- Puss in Boots: I will see you again Kitty Softpaws.
- Kitty Softpaws: Sooner than you think.
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- Puss in Boots: You are a curse in my life!
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- Puss in Boots: Don't you dare do the litter box on me!
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Foreign Titles
- Der gestiefelte Kater (DE)
- Le Chat Potté (FR)
What you have here is a spin off from the Shrek franchise (what's next, the Gingerbread Man Tales?), where the cat is the focus, front and center. A smart move, for, aside from Eddie Murphy's scatter gun humor as Donkey, the rest of the aforementioned franchise cannot hold a candle to Antonio Banderas' suave turn as Puss.
The opening scenes are pure brilliance - high animation equaling the production values of Pixar - that the film cannot, and chooses not to maintain that level - shrug - what can I say? Regardless, those beginning scenes, with Banderas' lovely accented voiceover narration are worth the price of admission by itself. There are beautiful flights of humorous fancy on display, including homage to Sergio Leone and spaghetti western split screen.
However, after that brilliant opening 15 minutes, the film cannot sustain it (think the 2nd half of "Up", or Wall-E for further examples). Overall the story is a bit cliché, reaching 3rd grade levels of a morality and redemption type tale... and, ya know, Humpty really started to get on my nerves (which I suppose was intended, but still!!!!).
In typical Dreamwork/Shrek fashion, several fairy tales and fairy tale characters get a kick in the shorts, and actually that's part of the fun. Seeing Jack and Jill as a couple of gross thieves was a hoot, and their time on screen was about the only thing holding up the middle part of the film, which failed miserably in concocting anything magical during the scenes taking place in the Giant's castle (of Jack and The Beanstalk fame). Of course the script limited itself by first proclaiming that the Giant was dead, and secondly by failing to reveal the monsterous threat (deciding to keep that secret until later). When the monster finally makes an appearance, threatening to destroy the town of San Rodrigo, the towering, hulking figure made me think of Godzilla and my feeble brain started paraphrasing the lyric to Blue Oyster Cult's song Godzilla: "oh no, there goes Rodrigo" (see, there's a pun in here after all).
I have failed to mention, that aside of the Humpty Dumpty/ Puss dynamic there is also some kitty love - as Salma Hayek voices Kitty Softpaws, who, to use the olden day western vernacular, is a thief with a heart of gold. The interplay between Hayek and Banderas works well, and really, overall this film is good fun. Brilliant? Not quite; held back a bit by the simplistic tale at its core, but certainly with enough good animation and truly funny moments to entertain young and old (I mean, who wouldn't laugh at the suave, posing Puss ordering a glass of milk and then, instead of drinking it, daintally laps it out of a shot glass with his tongue?).