Arriving more than a decade after the previous installment, the smart, sweet, and funny Puss in Boots: The Last Wish proves some franchises only get better with age.
The Last Wish is that rare thing: an animated sequel that actually delivers.
Read full articleJoel Crawford and Januel Mercado get the tone Goldilocks-right — not too scary, not too bland — and add some stylish angular slow-motion fight sequences.
Read full articleThe Last Wish offers something different and unexpected: Puss has grown up with his audience.
Read full articleHarnesses the familiar appeal of the self-aggrandising feline (Antonio Banderas), while also adopting a distinctive and original graphic visual style.
Read full articleThere is a lot to like here, not least Ray Winstone’s Papa Bear. The forests are Skittle-coloured. The set pieces are wild and kinetic. But it is Banderas’s star power that saves the day.
Read full articleThere’s an entire pick ’n’ mix stand of eye candy here – more than enough to satisfy younger viewers. But alas, it’s all empty calories.
Read full articleThe sequel we didn't know we needed, with eye-candy animation, a protagonist who begins to question the decisions he's made in his life, and a memorable supporting cast. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full articleAdd it all up, and we get DreamWorks’ best film in a long time!
Read full articleThere’s an almost officious tone to its pleasant and precocious quips, but must it all feel so insubstantial?
Read full articleThe film’s biggest issues come down to the choice of animation techniques for fight sequences, which makes the events feel a little choppy and overly stylized
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