Should please little kids.

Rating: 5/10 (8 March 2012)

'PUSS IN BOOTS': Two and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
A spin off prequel to the four 'SHREK' films focusing on the character 'Puss in Boots' (once again voiced by Antonio Banderas). Joining him in the voice cast is Salma Hayek (once again playing a love interest of Banderas's), Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris and Guillermo del Toro. The film was directed by Chris Miller (who also directed 'SHREK THE THIRD') and written by a team of writers including David H. Steinberg, Tom Wheeler, Jon Zack, William Davies and Brian Lynch. The movie is pretty much a waste of time in my opinion. It's nether funny nor involving in anyway as there's just not much done with the characters.
The film is set several years before the first 'SHREK' film when 'Puss in Boots' was a wanted fugitive. Puss plots to steal magic beans from Jack (Thornton) and Jill (Sedaris), who are criminals, in order to clear his name. He meets up with an old female friend named Kitty Softpaws (Hayek) and his childhood friend Humpty Dumpy (Galifianakis) who betrayed him. Puss must decide if he can trust the two before agreeing to team with them. They then plot to steal the beans together, get the golden goose from the Giant's castle and clear Puss's name.
I was never a big fan of the 'SHREK' films. I enjoyed the first one to a certain extent but found all of the sequels to be lacking any real entertainment value of any kind. They do seem to appeal to kids though and they're not painful to watch for adults so I'll give them some credit for that. I'd say the same thing is about true of this spin off. It probably would have been a lot more entertaining to see a 'Donkey' prequel starring Eddie Murphy but the Puss in Boot's character could have been interesting. They of course failed to make use of anything they actually had going for them with the character but the movie still should please little kids.
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