Movie · 2022 · Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Family · 1h 43m · PG · English
Curator score: 8.7/10 (2.1M ratings)
Say hola to his little friends.
Overview
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.
Ratings
Curator score: 8.7/10
IMDb: 7.9/10
Letterboxd: 4.13/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Metacritic: 73
TMDB: 8.2/10
Director
Joel Crawford
Production
DreamWorks Animation
Cast
Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek Pinault, Harvey Guillén, Wagner Moura, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, Samson Kayo, John Mulaney, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Anthony Mendez, Kevin McCann, Bernardo de Paula, Betsy Sodaro, Artemis Pebdani, Conrad Vernon, Cody Cameron, Kailey Crawford, Al Rodrigo, Bob Persichetti
Where to watch
Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
Curator Review
Verdict
A wildly inventive, surprisingly emotional sequel that turns a familiar family franchise into a stylish, high-energy adventure about mortality, identity, and learning to value one life well. It’s funny, visually bold, and has enough edge to entertain adults without losing kid-friendly momentum.
Best for
fans of fast-paced animated adventure
viewers who like stylized, comic-book-influenced animation
families wanting a smart crowd-pleaser
people who enjoy fairy-tale action with real stakes
audiences who like humor mixed with surprisingly sincere emotion
Skip if
you want very gentle, low-stakes kids entertainment
you dislike self-aware comedy and pop-culture energy
you prefer traditional animation over highly stylized digital work
you’re not interested in stories about mortality or existential themes
Overview
This sequel takes a character that could have stayed a punchline and gives him genuine dramatic weight. The central hook is simple but effective: a legendary hero suddenly has to reckon with the fact that he is not invincible, and that realization gives the movie real emotional momentum.
Worth noting
What makes it stand out is the confidence of the filmmaking. The action is elastic and expressive, the visual design is unusually bold for a mainstream studio family film, and the supporting characters all feel like they belong in the same heightened storyworld. It has the kind of energy that makes every set piece feel like it was designed by people who truly love animation as a medium.
Bottom line
It’s also funnier and sharper than most franchise animation, with a tone that can jump from playful to intense without feeling disjointed. Beneath the swagger, though, it’s a movie about fear, purpose, and accepting limits, which is why it lands harder than its premise suggests.
Top Letterboxd reviews
NicoPico (4.5★) · 33217 likes
Puss in Boots: Into the Pussy-Verse
WhatTheBrox (5★) · 26351 likes
Everyone gangsta until The Big Bad Wolf starts whistling
Alex IHE (4★) · 19857 likes
They really didn’t need to go this hard for a puss in boots movie but I’m so glad they did. Everyone can thank spiderverse for opening the floodgates to colourful, whacky and creative big-budget animated movies. Fingers crossed they do something similarly stylised for the next Kung Fu Panda…
Framesofnick (5★) · 12026 likes
Nearly every single second of this movie is perfectly crafted to take advantage of the medium of animation
This is how you do it folks