Puss in Boots (2011)
- Release Date: 10/28/2011
- Rating: G
- Runtime: Not Yet Available
- Genre: Children's/family
- Director: Chris Miller
- Cast: Antonio Banderas, Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Salma Hayek
- Antonio Banderas
- Puss in Boots
- Salma Hayek
- Kitty Softpaws
- Zach Galifianakis
- Humpy Dumpty
- Bob Joles
- Guiseppe
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Jack
- Amy Sedaris
- Jill
- Conrad Vernon
- Raoul
- Conrad Vernon
- Soldier
- Constance Marie
- Imelda
- Nina Barry
- Charo
- Guillermo del Toro
- Comandante
- Guillermo del Toro
- Moustache Man
- Nina Barry
- Ivana
- Chris Miller
- Boy Blue
- Richard "Bo" Dietl
- Bounty Hunter
- Ryan Crego
- Luis
- Chris Miller
- Friar Miller
- Chris Miller
- Manuel
- Tom Wheeler
- Bartender
- Tom Wheeler
- Hotel Owner
- Chris Miller
- Prison Guard
- Chris Miller
- Rafael
- Latifa Ouaou
- Crazy Woman
- Latifa Ouaou
- Little Boy
- Latifa Ouaou
- Mean Girl
- Latifa Ouaou
- Milk Lady
- Tom McGrath
- Bar Thief
- Bob Persichetti
- Ohhh Cat
- Tom Wheeler
- Mean Boy
- Tom Wheeler
- Rodrigo
- Tom Wheeler
- Wagon Driver
- Mike Mitchell
- Andy Beanstalk
- Jessica Schulte Jones
- Estella Maria
CREW MEMBERS
- Chris Miller
- Director
- Latifa Ouaou
- Producer
- Joe Aguilar
- Producer
- Tom Jacomb
- Associate Producer
- Michelle Raimo Kouyate
- Executive Producer
- Guillermo del Toro
- Executive Producer
- Andrew Adamson
- Executive Producer
- John H. Williams
- Co-Executive Producer
- Paramount Pictures
- Paramount Pictures
- Brian Lynch
- Screen Story
- William Davies
- Screen Story
- Chris Miller
- Screenwriter
- Tom Wheeler
- Screenwriter
- Tom Wheeler
- Screen Story
- Leslee Feldman
- Casting
- Eric Dapkewicz
- Editor
- Jennifer Dolce
- Associate Editor
- Richard "Bo" Dietl
- Associate Editor
- Stephen L. Meek
- Associate Editor
- Joe Monteleone
- Associate Editor
- Michelle Cabalu Zaslav
- Assistant Editor
- Shane Glick
- Assistant Editor
- DreamWorks Animation
- DreamWorks Animation
- Gil Zimmerman
- Layout
- Andrew Birch
- Post Production Manager
- Jessica Schulte Jones
- First Assistant Editor
- David Farley
- Post Production Supervisor
I must admit I was a bit wary of Puss in Boots, Dreamworks Animation’s spin-off of its blockbuster Shrek franchise. After its sparkling 2001 debut, the Shrek saga suffered a steady decline in quality over subsequent installments. While its final entry, 2010’sShrek Forever After, improved slightly over its decidedly mediocre predecessor, but it hardly whetted my appetite for Puss in Boots, which, to my eyes at least, appeared little more than a transparent attempt to further milk a barren brand.
Thankfully, I was wrong. Puss in Boots is a surprising delight, a lively and buoyant romp that all but ignores the stale franchise that spawned it. When we meet him in the film, the dashing rogue Puss (Antonio Banderas) is already an infamous outlaw. In search of his next score, he is lured by a beguiling rival, Kitty Softclaws (Salma Hayek), into an ambitious and risky scheme orchestrated by his former childhood friend, Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis), to steal magic beans from the murderous bandits Jack (Billy Bob Thornton) and Jill (Amy Sedaris).
The story is set in the fictional town of San Ricardo, a world far removed from Shrek’s Far Far Away. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find any Shrek references whatsoever in the film. The animation style is similar by necessity, but otherwise, Puss in Boots is very much its own animal: briskly paced, gorgeously animated and refreshingly devoid of the gratuitous pop-culture references and crude humor that marked the decline of its forebear. Story is sacrificed for spectacle, but that doesn’t detract from the film’s charm, much of the credit for which is owed to Banderas' vibrant voice work.
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