Why so much hype?

Admirable film.

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

I would give this movie a 10 of 10 if it were not for William Shatners horrible impression of a cat voice. Redub this movie and make millions, its that simple! Wake up Hollywood. The story line was great and in many ways more watchable than than the Jack black version. All the voices were overshadowed by Shatners cat impression, unless Shatner paid for the movie himself he never should have been a voice over character. Maybe he was chosen as a popular figure to sell the movie? If so Shatner should have been kind enough to pick someone who could have better performed the cat voice. Thats all I have to say so I will say it again.I would give this movie a 10 of 10 if it were not for William Shatners horrible impression of a cat voice. Redub this movie and make millions, its that simple! Wake up Hollywood. The story line was great and in many ways more watchable than than the Jack black version. All the voices were overshadowed by Shatners cat impression, unless Shatner paid for the movie himself he never should have been a voice over character. Maybe he was chosen as a popular figure to sell the movie? If so Shatner should have been kind enough to pick someone who could have better performed the cat voice. Thats all I have to say so I will say it again.

I was disappointed to find out that I didn't get to see Puss In Boots but I decided to give it a chance anyway because I love fairy tales. I was curious to see what the makers of this movie had done with the original story of Puss In Boots. The characters look horrible and the music is awful. The princess annoyed me from the first moment when she started to sing and dance because she's not very good at either and I couldn't stop staring at her giant hips. The king sleeps all the time and might as well not have been there and the queen sounds like a drunken Roseanne Barr throughout the entire movie. The interaction between the villain and his helper was meant to be funny I guess in an Igor/evil doctor sort of way but it completely fails at it. As for the story; that really disappointed me as well. I had hoped it would be more like the original fairytale. Why are there palm trees, a parrot and ostriches when the story is set in northern Europe? In the original fairytale the ogre is a giant who is a powerful sorcerer and the cat tricks him into changing himself into a mouse so he can eat him and free the people from its evil. I think it's an important part of the story which has completely disappeared in the movie. Perhaps it works better in French but I highly doubt it.

WARNING: This is not the real Puss n Boots. Admittedly, that seems like an obvious statement, but for this reviewer (and the unfortunate souls that watched it with her) it was not immediately apparent. We made our way to the local Redbox to grab a movie we thought everyone would like. Then we spotted Puss n Boots. Perfect! The reviews had been surprisingly positive and we thought it looked fun. So we went home, popped in the movie, and settled in for some animated entertainment. After bizarre previews and a random introduction by William Shatner, we got to the actual film. Strange, but okay. Then it started. The first thing we noticed was the terrible graphics. I said they looked like something from a Nickelodeon children's show; my brother said he had seen better quality on his video games. The characters were horrendous, the dubbing was a failure ... It wasn't until Puss showed up in pink boots that we finally realized something was terribly wrong. Turns out, we rented the wrong movie. Cleverly disguised as the Antonio Banderas version was truly awful thing that's not worthy of being called a film. It's poop on a reel. And you'd need a magnifying glass to read Redbox's fine print. Renter beware.

Claims that this is trying to cash in on the Shrek movie may be true, we thought that was what we were renting. Still, when we realized, we were not disappointed and were willing to give it a try...Only to be severely disappointed. The story is not compelling, the characters are unsympathetic and ugly in both visage and voice. The animation is weak and odd (and not in the cool good way). We waited for it to get better but it just trundled along in mediocrity. I fell asleep somewhere a little after halfway despite giving it my best. The survivors reported it was as bad through to the end.I was intrigued to find out it is from France as it did have that vibe that used to come from several foreign-produced cartoons when I was younger (Dogtanion, around the world in 80 days etc). I think it's the way they try and cram the English language into French-animated mouths. Indeed, this may have succeeded more as a traditional cartoon, possibly a series.To sum up, not worth watching. Go track down the Christopher Walken live-action version. I stumbled on it by accident one day and ended up watching it all the way through, spellbound.