This Shrek spin-off is a breezily entertaining DreamWorks animation that harnesses the acquainted attraction of the self-aggrandising feline (Antonio Banderas), whereas additionally adopting a particular and unique graphic visible fashion. Administrators Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado each labored on the Kung Fu Panda movies, and it’s maybe this, plus the putting stylised motion sequences of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, that informs the daring, peppy strategy to Puss’s gravity-defying derring-do.
The plot is fundamental: all the way down to his closing life, Puss sees a possibility to revive the total 9 with a magic wishing star. He’s not the one one looking for it: Goldilocks and her ursine crime syndicate are on his path, as is the monstrous “Huge” Jack Horner. After which there’s Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek) and wannabe emotional help animal Perrito the chihuahua (Harvey Guillén). It helps that the writing is as sharp as Puss’s claws.