{"id":9173,"date":"2011-12-08T23:42:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T23:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/puss-in-boots-film-review-shrek-spin-off-is-a-paw-show\/"},"modified":"2011-12-08T23:42:27","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T23:42:27","slug":"puss-in-boots-film-review-shrek-spin-off-is-a-paw-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/08\/puss-in-boots-film-review-shrek-spin-off-is-a-paw-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Puss In Boots film review: Shrek spin-off is a paw show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&#038;authornamef=Chris+Tookey\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chris Tookey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last updated at 11:42 PM on 8th December 2011<\/p>\n<p><span>Puss In Boots (U)<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Verdict:<\/b> Far from purrfect<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><br \/>\n<span><span><span title=\"Shrek spin-off Puss In Boots is a paw show\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span><span title=\"Chris Tookey\"><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span><span title=\"2011-12-08T23:42+0000\"><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nRating: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rating\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/b90drating_showbiz_2.gif\" width=\"55\" height=\"9\" alt=\"2 Star Rating\" title=\"2 out of 5\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/><span>This is a 3D spin-off of the Shrek films and has as its hero that legendary swordsman Puss in Boots, seductively voiced by Antonio Banderas. <\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is also an origins story, explaining who the ferocious feline was, pre-Shrek.<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Impeded and aided by romantic interest Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek, phoning in her performance) and a bad egg, in the form of his childhood friend Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifiniakis, underpowered), Puss goes on a quest to steal magic beans from a pair of thugs called Jack and Jill (a wasted Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>SCROLL DOWN FOR TRAILER<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/08\/article-2071826-0F173CFC00000578-77_468x554.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"554\" alt=\"Let's dance: Puss and Kitty, voiced by Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek) in the DreamWorks Animation Puss In Boots\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s dance: Puss and Kitty, voiced by Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek) in the DreamWorks Animation Puss In Boots<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>With these beans, Puss hopes to grow a magic beanstalk, climb up it and steal the legendary goose that lays the golden eggs. <\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But up in the clouds, he encounters not the giant from Jack And The Beanstalk but something even more terrifying: Mother Goose.<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though Puss was an entertaining subsidiary character in Shrek 2, he fails to convince as a leading character. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>He\u2019s vocally monotonous, and lacks the self-loathing complexity of Shrek and the naive charm of Donkey. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Too many of the jokes depend on adult humour about his sexual prowess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And I\u2019m unconvinced that gags about jail-rape and Fight Club have any place in a children\u2019s film.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/08\/article-2071826-0EF6E54D00000578-239_468x496.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"496\" alt=\"Australian premiere: Antonio Banderas (left), Salma Hayek and Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg pose with Puss in Sydney\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Australian premiere: Antonio Banderas (left), Salma Hayek and Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg pose with Puss in Sydney<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The pace is crippled by inordinately lengthy exposition and repetitive use of flashbacks. <\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Only the eye-popping action sequences are fun, especially the climb up the beanstalk and a chase along dangerous cliffs. <\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Puss In Boots is blessedly less dependent on insider showbiz jokes than Shrek 3 and 4 and marks a return to the basics of the series \u2014 an irreverent take on fairy stories.<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, the script is nowhere near the quality of the first two Shrek films, seriously lacking in wit and comic punchlines. <\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>You could, if you were given to lame puns, describe it as paw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2071826\/Puss-In-Boots-film-review-Shrek-spin-paw-show.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Puss In Boots film review: Shrek spin-off is a paw show\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Puss In Boots film review: Shrek spin-off is a paw show<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Chris Tookey Last updated at 11:42 PM on 8th December 2011 Puss In Boots (U) Verdict: Far from purrfect Rating: This is a 3D spin-off of the Shrek films and has as its hero that legendary swordsman Puss in Boots, seductively voiced by Antonio Banderas. It is also an origins story, explaining who the ferocious feline was, pre-Shrek. Impeded and aided by romantic interest Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek, phoning in her performance) and a bad egg, in the form of his childhood friend Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifiniakis, underpowered), Puss goes on a quest to steal magic beans from a pair of thugs called Jack and Jill (a wasted Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Puss In Boots film review: Shrek spin-off is a paw show - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/08\/puss-in-boots-film-review-shrek-spin-off-is-a-paw-show\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Puss In Boots film review: Shrek spin-off is a paw show - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Chris Tookey Last updated at 11:42 PM on 8th December 2011 Puss In Boots (U) Verdict: Far from purrfect Rating: This is a 3D spin-off of the Shrek films and has as its hero that legendary swordsman Puss in Boots, seductively voiced by Antonio Banderas. 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