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Shrek Forever After
After challenging an evil dragon, rescuing a beautiful princess and saving your in-laws’ kingdom, what’s an ogre to do? Well, if you’re Shrek (Mike Myers), you suddenly wind up a domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers away like he did in his youth, a reluctant Shrek now agrees to autograph pitch forks. Shrek is duped into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn) and suddenly finds himself in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted, Rumpelstiltskin is king and Shrek and Fiona (Cameron Diaz) have never met. Now, it’s up to Shrek to undo all he’s done in the hopes of saving his friends, restoring his world and reclaiming his one true love.
This is the fourth and final chapter of DreamWorks' Shrek franchise.
Starring Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, Justin Timberlake, Maya Rudolph, Eric Idle, Walt Dohrn
Directed by Mike Mitchell ('Sky High', 'Surviving Christmas')
Written by Josh Klausner, Darren Lemke
Studio DreamWorks Animation
Fantasy, Family, Comedy, Animated, Adventure | 1hr 33mins | Rated (PG) | contains low level violence | Origin: USA | Official Site »
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After the overstuffed yet bland excesses of 2007’s Shrek the Third, this supposed swansong to Dreamworks’ not so jolly green giant is something of a welcome relief. However, it is still far, far away from the heights of the first two installments.
A revisionist take on the original tale, Klausner and Lemke’s story channels It’s a Wonderful Life by way of Back to the Future and The Matrix trilogy (raves included). But while this raises the drama and action stakes, the comedy is sadly lacking with only Donkey and a paunchy Puss ‘n Boots raising much more than a titter.
As usual there are some clever musical and sight gags with a Carpenters-scored montage of Ogre-ing and a gladiatorial Gingerbread Man taking on animal crackers the highlights. Main baddie Rumplestiltskin lacks the menace of John Lithgow’s Lord Farquaad or Rupert Everett’s Prince Charming, with a cupcake-eating clown’s look and Dohrn’s voice combining to make him seem like a cross between Eric Cartman and Clay Aiken.
No cat-tastrophe, Shrek Forever After is more than acceptable school holiday fare but some parents probably won’t be able to wait until it’s ogre.
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Christchurch Press (Margaret Agnew)
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It's hard to believe this is the final instalment in the hugely lucrative Shrek quadrilogy - even though a Puss in Boots spin-off is already in the works, this is ostensibly Shrek's last outing.
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Empire (UK)
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DreamWorks could be entering a period of fresh creativity. With How To Train Your Dragon and a balanced, darker-hued and very funny Shrek finale, they’ve found the magic again.
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Hollywood Reporter
Reveals a definite been-there, done-that feeling.
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Los Angeles Times
Whatever else gets tossed into the mix, Shrek must be the heart and soul. In this, Myers is a master; he makes it seem easy being green.
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New York Times
What fortifies Shrek Forever After are its brilliantly realized principal characters, who nearly a decade after the first “Shrek” film remain as vital and engaging fusions of image, personality and voice as any characters in the history of animation.
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NZ Herald (Russell Baillie)
4
Fourth Shrek flick improves on previous outing to deliver a smart, funny finale.
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Total Film (UK)
3
This fourth ogre outing delivers plenty of 3D razzle dazzle and has fun messing about with its alternate-reality storyline, but it never troubles the modernclassic status achieved by the first Shrek. Still, a chunky step up from Shrek The Third.
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TVNZ (Darren Bevan)
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After the creative lacklustre Shrek The Third, you'd think there was little left to do with the jolly green ogre.
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Variety (USA)
The reputed swan song for the series and its first entry in 3D, pic contains a respectable number of laughs, but also borrows its storyline from the oft-recycled "It's a Wonderful Life," and if that's all its creators can do, it's best to put Far Far Away far far away.
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