PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH REVIEW

Iwatched “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” in theaters and loved it.

It is now nominated for an Oscar in the Animated Feature Film category, so don’t just take it from me.

The animation style was very similar to that of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” which I enjoyed, especially during action sequences.

It is very colorful, and some scenes even look to be drawn by hand, which looks really cool on-screen.

There is a lot of star power as well. Antonio Banderas returns as the voice of Puss, and Salma Hayek returns as the voice of

Kitty Softpaws. New characters Goldilocks and Jack Horner are voiced by Florence Pugh and John Mulaney.

The movie opens with Puss at a party, and even if you have never seen “Shrek 2” or any of the “Puss in Boots” spin-offs, you can begin to get a sense of who he is from the beginning.

He loves music and parties, he is arrogant and reckless, and he wants to be seen as a heroic outlaw.

He defeats a giant and wakes up at a doctor’s office, where the doctor tells him that he is now on his ninth and final life.

Puss laughs it off and goes to have a drink at a local bar, where he has a frightening encounter with a bounty hunter and decides to retire.

He discovers that he could potentially get his lives back and be restored to his former glory, if he gets the map that leads to the fallen wishing star.

He unwillingly teams up with his former flame, Kitty Softpaws, and Perrito, a chihuahua that has attached himself to Puss.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears, a “Peaky Blinders”-esque crime family, and Jack Horner, a crime boss, are also determined to get to the fallen star and make the last wish. Meanwhile, Puss is being pursued by the bounty hunter.