Puss in Boots

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Puss in Boots

PG

Released Oct 28, 2011

1h 30m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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Long before meeting Shrek, Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) -- just named a hero for saving a woman from a charging bull -- is run out of town on suspicion of bank robbery, even though the real villain is Puss' friend, Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis). Though there is still animosity between them, Puss and Humpty reunite to steal a goose that lays golden eggs. Joining them for the adventure of nine lifetimes is notorious cat burglar, Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek).

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Critics Consensus

It isn't deep or groundbreaking, but what it lacks in profundity, Puss in Boots more than makes up for with an abundance of wit, visual sparkle, and effervescent charm.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Puss in Boots kind of surprised me. Far more witty then I expected it to be, nicely animated and featuring a charming story of forgiveness and redemption that belies its Shrek inspired fractured fairy tale roots, this movie more than won me over.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 27, 2012

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

What kids will get from it is plenty of fairly outrageous but not often witty fun with fairytale elements blended into a kind of latterday spaghetti western. For the rest of us, there is plenty of nice visual detail.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 9, 2011

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

It's all amiable stuff, with a perfectly decent script, and the feline hero lapping his milk gets an indulgent laugh.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 8, 2011

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The laughs are mostly derived from situational comedy, making it more universal than Shrek's pop-culture-heavy referential skits.

Rated: 8/10

Nov 30, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Surprisingly, it's one of the animated highlights of 2011.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 20, 2020

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

As an origin tale, it is a sharp and sophisticated piece of storytelling.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 2, 2020

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Darío C

I really enjoyed this movie. This is the spin-off Puss in Boots deserved. Antonio Banderas is perfect. Very authentic feeling. Good music, too.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/18/24

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Audience Member

at last one of the supporting characters from the 'Shrek' franchise gets his own spinoff a very deep, dark origin story about the Zorro-esque cat outlaw smart visuals, cool characters, a tight story and timed humor Antonio Banderas as Puss is phenomenal breathing such life into the character again other fairy tale elements are incorporated into the fun of the film being that it serves as a prequel to Shrek 2 it thankfully expands more of Puss's past and humble beginnings Salma Hayek and Zach Galfonakis make for good Kitty Softpaws and Humpty Dumpty joining him on his adventures Im so proud Dreamworks knows how to do animation and tell a story at the same time

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/30/24

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TROY S

Puss in Boots is a fun film. It's a very fun family film that works because it never takes itself too serious.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/12/24

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This has got to be the most underrated movie made by Dreamworks. Humpty Dumpty has a fantastic desing looking just the right amount of evil, all the new characters are charming (not the prince) and have a lot of personality. People say stuff about how Puss in Boots 2 was so good forgeting that most theese things are also present in this movie. I like the character design on the humans, because they feel evil and make the places they're in feel evil. THIS MOVIE IS A MASTERPIECE AND DON'T SAY IT IS NOT, BECAUSE YOU'RE LYING TO YOURSELF. jak & jil cool 😎👍

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/24

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Nick R

A decent enough spinoff, but doesn't have anything special.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/23/24

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Jose Luis R

Esta película me recuerda muchos mi niñez y me encanta la película 🚬

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/10/24

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Chris Miller

Director

Antonio Banderas

Puss in Boots

Salma Hayek

Kitty Softpaws

Zach Galifianakis

Humpty Alexander Dumpty

Billy Bob Thornton

Jack

Amy Sedaris

Jill

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Synopsis

Long before meeting Shrek, Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) -- just named a hero for saving a woman from a charging bull -- is run out of town on suspicion of bank robbery, even though the real villain is Puss' friend, Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis). Though there is still animosity between them, Puss and Humpty reunite to steal a goose that lays golden eggs. Joining them for the adventure of nine lifetimes is notorious cat burglar, Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek).

Director: Chris Miller
Producer: Joe Aguilar, Latifa Ouaou
Screenwriter: Tom Wheeler
Distributor: DreamWorks SKG
Production Co: DreamWorks Animation
Rating: PG (Some Adventure Action|Mild Rude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 28, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $149.2M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital

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