( CNN ) -- I 'm a fan of Antonio Banderas ' Puss in Boots , a Latin-lover Zorro so romantic and vain that he 's preposterously unaware he 's ... well , a kitty cat . That said , building an entire animated feature around him turns out to be a bit like making a Marx Brothers movie with just Chico . In the `` Shrek '' films , the joke of Puss in Boots , with his trilled consonants and penchant for chest-puffing sword duels , is that no one this cuddly should try to be this dashing . But in `` Puss in Boots , '' that joke wears out its welcome in 15 minutes . We 're left with the feeling that Puss in Boots , as a character , has exactly one dimension : self-deluded Spanish-macho vainglory . He 's like a lost mascot from a taco commercial . The movie gives Puss a sidekick , the cracked-fairy-tale figure of Humpty Dumpty ( voiced by Zach Galifianakis ) , who was once his comrade and then betrayed him . When the movie plunges into the convoluted backstory of these two , only to emerge from the flashback about 20 minutes later , we begin to realize : The more stuff that happens in `` Puss in Boots , '' the less stake we have in it . The movie throws in Jack and Jill ( who are corpulent grown-up grouches ) , magic beans and a beanstalk , a girl kitty ( Salma Hayek ) dressed , for some reason , as Catwoman , and a whole lot more . `` Puss in Boots '' is beautifully animated ( with 3-D that adds nothing ) , but the film is so mindlessly busy that it seems to be trying to distract you from the likable , one-note feline swashbuckler at its center . EW.com rating : C. See the full article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
In `` Puss in Boots , '' that joke wears out its welcome in 15 minutes . The more stuff that happens in `` Puss in Boots , '' the less stake we have in it . It seems to be trying to distract you from the likable , one-note feline swashbuckler .