Puss In Boots

Dreamworks Animation are not above milking a franchise for all that it can. After making the last in the Shrek series they have decided to keep it going by focusing on a supporting character with a spin off series.

This film was originally supposed to go straight to DVD/blu-ray but they decided to give the film a cinema release. The story does not quite have that big screen feel to it but is still much better than the plots they had for the last couple of Shrek films. It is fairly predictable and you know where it is going but it is still a lot of fun. I liked the way they have cleverly woven fairy tales and fables into the story. This is especially true of the 'Jack And The Beanstalk' story. There are several great action sequences in the film which looked really fun and exciting.

Antonio Banderas is perfectly suited to play this cool feline. While he has played a similar character in Zorro, Puss is a more light hearted character. Antonio gives a wonderful performance that makes you think your really watching a cat in boots. He has a great partner in Salma Hayek. Kitty is basically a female version of Puss but Selma brings a nice distinctive quality to her performance. The real star of the film is Humpty Dumpty. as played by Zach Galifianakis. He has proven himself in live-action films to be a great comedy character and now shows he can do great vocal work too. Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris make a nice duo as the villainous Jack and Jill.

This is the type of plot they should have used for one of the Shrek films. A great animated film that continues the Shrek franchise.