He’s animated in more ways than one.
The guy treats this self-absorbed Spanish kitty who constantly speaks in the third person like it’s his Hamlet. And, you know what? It just might be.Puss, who first appeared in 2004’s “Shrek 2,” is back afterin “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish.” And it’s fine! The family film doesn’t take the franchise or studio DreamWorks to new heights of invention, but it does have Oscar-winner Olivia Colman voice a cockney bear.
The stakes are high for our favorite feline. After a musical start with a song called “Who Is Your Favorite Fearless Hero,” in which Puss is offed in a whoopsie accident, he learns from a doctor that he’s burned through eight of his nine lives and is now fully mortal. “My prescription,” the doc says, “No more adventures. You need to retire.”And so, the restless rodent-catcher hangs up his hat and moves into Mama Lana’s Cat Rescue, which is an episode of “Animal Hoarders” waiting to happen.
His twilight years are shaken up when Goldilocks and the three bears barge in. They tell Puss about a magical wishing star that could save him — if he gets to it first. So, alongside Perro and old flame Kitty , he races against Goldi and a bulbous Lewis Carroll-esque baddie named Jack Horner to reach the enchanted object.Yes, it’s your typical Macguffin, with everybody chasing down a trinket, but a fairly creative one with a lot of good jokes.
The No. 1 reason to watch, though, is Banderas’ top-notch voice performance. If only more A-listers treated their animated film roles as more than a pet project.
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