Puss in Boots (2011)

Academy Awards, USA 2012

Nominee Oscar

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Chris Miller

Paramount
Directed by Chris Miller
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, DreamWorks/Universal)

The cat from Shrek lives in a wild west town as a fugitive, after helping his childhood friend Humpty Dumpty rob a bank. Humpty shows up again, this time with a plan to find the Golden Goose. First they have to steal some magic beans from Jack and Jill, here a bickering middle aged couple who terrorize the countryside from their wagon. They get help from Kitty Softpaws, a thief. They plant the beans which transport them to the clouds, where they find a giant and of course the Golden Goose, which they kidnap and take to town. However, the goose's over-sized mother soon comes looking for her lost chick, almost destroying the town. Puss and Humpty must overcome their emotional baggage in order to save the town, and themselves. Over-baked concoction of western tropes and children's fables, with too much in-your-face 3D, but still manages to salvage a good time.