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Puss In Boots

Rating: NNN


Following two lacklustre Shrek sequels, the animated prequel for Antonio Banderas’s Puss In Boots character wisely eschews any form of pop-culture referencing in favour of a simple but effective heist tale.

Disgraced following a botched bank robbery, the feline outlaw is enlisted by his former best friend, Humpty Dumpty (voiced by Zach Galifianakis), and his assistant, Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek), to steal magic beans from Jack and Jill (Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris) and reach the top of the beanstalk to retrieve the goose that lays the golden eggs.

The 3-D animation lives up to the usually high standard DreamWorks has set in recent years, with exciting chase sequences and fight scenes that rival those in most live action films.

Banderas steps back into Puss’s boots with ease, and the other actors are well cast, but Galifianakis deserves special recognition for abandoning his usual crazy-guy shtick to present Humpty as an interestingly flawed and rounded character.

The story develops some plot holes due to an unnecessary twist halfway through, but the actors and animators work together to hit the sweet spot that will keep kids and adults equally entertained.

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