For a movie that spins off from an exhausted franchise, Puss In Boots holds many pleasant surprises. The film gives the Shrek series' Puss a sound Spanish-flavoured backstory that stands alone from the parent films, but cleverly uses the same fairy-tale world to tell a straightforward story of revenge with some neat takes on Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty and the Jack and the Beanstalk tales in particular. This is an enjoyable children's animated adventure with a good grown-up sensibility in its script and film-making - and as is usual with Dreamworks Animations, there is some bold and adventurous use of 3D. Antonio Banderas clearly makes this film work as the title voice, with Salma Hayek providing an excellent foil as the somewhat obvious rival/love interest Kitty SoftPaws. This film is neither essential nor necessary, but it is generally good entertainment in its own right.
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