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Three parties, numerous adventures, one goal

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★★ ★   out of ★★★★ Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) Runtime: 102 minutes MPAA:   Rated PG for action/violence, rude humor/language, and some scary moments. Edit: Sorry for assigning the wrong MPAA Rating for the film. It's actually PG, not PG-13, and no, there are no drugs here if you don't count that very briefly observable cup of coffee in the opening sequence in which kids under 6 probably won't even know about caffeine. DreamWorks. The moment I hear the name, and I'm sure it applies to almost all of you, I recall it as that second-behind-Pixar studio that was in heavy competition in the 2000s, producing classics like Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, or Kung Fu Panda. By the 2010s though, Disney came back with 3D animation, and the sneaky Illumination slowly crept up the charts with their Despicable Me franchise. With all these major competitors, we can't really blame DreamWorks for exhausting their efforts and producing subsequent mid-tier animations like Tro...