Puss in Boots Review

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Home ! Collections ! Entertainment Ads By Google 'Shrek' alum is top cat in 'Puss In Recommend 1 Boots' -- 3 1/2 stars 0 0 StumbleUpon October 27, 2011 | By Roger Moore, Tribune Newspapers Submit DreamWorks' cunning casting of the silky Spaniard Antonio Banderas as a swashbuckling Puss in Boots pays off, brilliantly, in "Puss in Boots," a star vehicle for the nursery rhyme kitty cat from the "Shrek" movies. Thanks to Banderas and his Corinthian-leather purr and writers who know how to use it, "Puss" is the best animated film of 2011. This is no mere "Shrek" sequel. There is sex appeal in every syllable, swagger in every line. And even kids get the joke of a voice that sensual and grand coming out of a kitty so small.

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"I am but a humble gato (cat) looking for his next meal," Puss insists. But that's after he has mentioned that, as a legendary lover and swordsman, "I am known by many names: the Ginger Hit Related Links Man, Chupacabra, Frisky Two Times." So we know better than to take this con artist, thief and seducer seriously. Elizabethan lit intrigue proves not that intriguing in 'Anonymous' -- 2 1/2 stars His childhood pal Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis) has a plan for stealing magic beans from the burly thugs Jack (Billy Bob Thornton) and Jill (Amy Sedaris). If Puss can pull off the theft, there are riches at the top of the beanstalk those beans will grow into.

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Retraining Cat To Use Litter Box Takes But first, he has to get past a competitor, a cat-suited cat-burgling kitty who turns out to be Kitty Patience Softpaws (Salma Hayek). Before you can yell "Cat fight!" they launch into an epic 3-D flamenco August 17, 1997 dance-off. Being cats, their moves include one any dog or cat owner will recognize: the butt scooch. "How dare you do the Litter Box to me!" 268 Paws Tug At Her Heartstrings May 8, 1998 This quest will test Puss, and may cost him his boots. But a gato has his principles, a code he lives by. They need cash. Maybe the local church? Why Felines Suddenly Snub The Litter Box June 6, 1993 "I do not steal from churches!" Maybe from the homeless kids? "I do not steal from orphans!" Find More Stories About Banderas vocally vamps this up in ways he never gets to do in live-action films. And the writers Entertainment never forget how funny these words will be coming out of that voice inside that itty bitty kitty cat. Litter Box A couple of dandy 3-D chase scenes suggest theme park rides to come, and the sight gags almost Shrek outnumber the verbal ones. In a flashback, Puss and Humpty remember the day they became Review "blood brothers" as kids, pricking their fingers and swapping blood — and yellow egg yolk. Humpty's "plan" for climbing the beanstalk is written on a child's pop-up book. Director Chris Miller ("Shrek the Third") never lets this settle into the lazy "Shrek" music videos and pop-culture riffs. The comedy comes from the characters, and the incongruity of that wondrous voice saying those dashing lines in the body of a small but not remotely "humble" gato. [email protected] 'Puss In Boots' -- 3 1/2 stars MPAA rating: PG (for some adventure action and mild rude humor) Cast: Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots), Salma Hayek (Kitty Softpaws), Zach Galifianakis (Humpty Dumpty), Amy Sedaris (Jill), Billy Bob Thornton (Jack) Credits: Directed by Chris Miller; written by Tom Wheeler; produced by Joe M. Aguilar, Latifa Ouaou. A DreamWorks animation release. Running time: 1:29

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