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Shrek Forever After
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2010
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Shrek Forever After
Positive Reviews
78
Negative reviews
11
Average Rating
3.2
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4.5
Hes got his beautiful house, hes got his beautiful wife, hes got the kids, yet, hes not happy, because hes traded in freedom for responsibility.
Den Of Geek
3.0
Shrek Forever After is a very mediocre affair, with crummy 3D and a real lack of laughs.
We Got This Covered
2.5
This is where the story jumps from the land of fairy tales to the land of the real, and it becomes evident that this irreverent, fairy tale tweaking s ..
Austin Chronicle
3.0
The plots initially involving and if its too complex for toddlers, it compensates with humour, visual invention and a 3D wow factor.
Time Out
4.5
Their clumsy love dance is observed by an obese cat, Puss in Boots (voiced by Antonio Banderas), whos so fat he cant lick himself clean.
Screen Daily
2.0
To be fair, Shrek Forever After does have a few admirable qualities the pop culture gags have been blessedly kept to a minimum this time, the story mo ..
E Film Critic
3.0
The premise is weak, its basically a limp wristed, Its a Wonderful Life, but at least its well executed.
Cinema Blend
3.8
3 out of 4 stars Country USA Language English Shrek Forever After Directed by Mike Mitchell Written by Josh Klausner and Darren LemkeWith the voices o ..
The Globe And Mail
3.1
But the quick wit and multitiered pop culture referencing that made the inaugural Shrek so much fun doesnt feel so quick or multi almost a decade down ..
Philly
2.5
To adults, it will mostly feel like a hackneyed rip off, but it does improve on the Frank Capra scenario in one way.
Philly
3.0
The most sublime error of all is to throw this all away for an imagined escape to the past when things were different.This is it!
Spirituality And Practice
3.8
For a moment the room was very, very quiet.I took a good look at the weapon.
Chicago Reader
3.1
If you dont believe the end credits, then the final proof is in the movie itself, which continues the trend of its predecessor.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.5
This is key to watching any 3D movie.There probably will not be another Shrek movie, but if there isnt, this is a good place to end the franchise, and ..
Lariat
2.8
Overall, you get some good laughs, but its a darker chapter that doesnt necessarily finish the series on a major triumphant note.
News Review
2.5
If anything, the added dimension actually detracts from the visuals, unnecessarily muddying them in terms of decreased color saturation and overall br ..
Screen It
3.1
In the fourth and final chapter, the animated Shrek series recovers the sense of mischief it lost in Shrek the Third.Yes, it helps that this one is in ..
Rolling Stone
3.5
If young kids are bored by the serious themes and older audiences yearn for more wackiness, at least we have a story that holds our interest.Plus lots ..
Shadows On The Wall
2.0
The Nature of Imitation is the sound of Dorian Concept systematically deconstructing various genres, stripping them back to the bones underneath and t ..
Pop Matters
4.5
But then somewhere, a magic wand waved, and soon goodness and laughter and the sharp, polished wit of filmmakers trying once again to be fresh and fun ..
Film Journal
2.5
Shrek Forever After is being billed as the last of four big screen romps featuring the lovable slime green ogre with the cheesy Scottish accent. And t ..
Boston
3.0
The fourth instalment of a successful franchise is almost never good.
Smh
3.0
Most of the developments make narrative sense and are enjoyable enough.
Mountain X
2.5
The magic is gone.Like its watermelon headed hero, Shrek Forever After has the midlife blahs.
Star Tribune
3.0
Its difficult to see what is coming next, though 3D refinements may well offer fresh sensory thrills.
Guardian
4.0
Thats difficult to take even for adults, but in a film aimed at children.Yikes!
Reel Talk Reviews
3.1
The movie still doesnt work all that well, primarily because it doesnt do anything the previous installments hadnt already done for better or for wors ..
Q Network
2.0
You may wish to see it for old times sake, but really youd be better off re watching the first two films and appreciating just how fresh and funny the ..
Daily Mail
3.2
Rumpel is the evil twin of Clarence the good angel in Its a Wonderful Life.
Ew
4.0
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 ..
Empire
3.0
As usual, the animation is stunning.Mike Myers remains gruffly lovable, Eddie Murphy is sassy, Cameron Diaz becomes feisty and Antonio Banderas stays ..
Susang Ranger
3.0
If thered never been another Shrek movie, perhaps this installment would be worthy of four stars as an entertaining family flick, but in this iconic p ..
Common Sense Media
4.5
This kind of timeliness amuses adults but rarely does anything for kids.
Time
2.5
The tales overriding message about learning to view parenthood as a blessing rather than a curse seems targeted at those adults unhappy about having t ..
Slant Magazine
3.0
Lower your expectations, set aside your cynicism and you will still have a good time, especially if you are a kid.
Express
3.0
People will complain about what Shrek Forever After lacks in comparison to the other three installments, but I will take a drastic reduction in fart j ..
Bullz-Eye
2.8
The latest in the franchise is better than its predecessors, mainly because of the 3D, but should (please gods) be the last.
Reeling Reviews
1.5
And its not even a terribly interesting one.Donkey still has all the best lines and is easily the sweetest, most likable character; Im not sure if its ..
Flickfilosopher
2.5
But its also full of tired pop culture gags and lame puns, and its central dilemma (Shrek doesnt appreciate his wonderful life, and longs for the days ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
Or is it too late.This being a kids film, we suspect itll all turn out right in the end.
Total Film
3.8
Its a perfectly acceptable family friendly summer sequel, which is likely all the filmmakers hoped for.
ReelViews
3.0
The film works partly because it carries more modest aspirations largely shunning the laugh a minute pace and copious pop culture humor that character ..
Hollywood
3.5
Even audiences new to the franchise will enjoy the slapstick tone and comic timing of these easily likable characters.
Coles Mithey
3.0
But they dont out dazzle everything else, which is how it should be in my book, though some may wish for more wow.
Los Angeles Times
3.1
All four transfers are equally good at recreating the original source material: its the CGI animation that evolves over the decade long span of the fi ..
Groucho Reviews
4.5
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Hit Fix
3.8
Yes, the story is more serious, but these characters have earned it.
Aisle Seat
3.0
Impeccably animated in 3D, the look and feel of Shrek Forever After noticeably reduces the brightness and bounce once associated with the franchise.
Herald Sun
3.8
Its a wonderful life.Thats what everybody keeps telling Shrek, anyway his wife, Fiona, his best friend, Donkey, all the happy citizens of Far, Far Awa ..
Nj
3.0
This has much of the same humor.It has its fair share of fart jokes, plenty of awkward moments between Shrek and Donkey and the slapstick scenes youve ..
7M Pictures
3.1
If you cant fix something that isnt broke, your only recourse is to break it.
The Star
3.2
Theres a funny bit where a flat voiced kid at a birthday party keeps asking Shrek to do the roar..It coasts a bit, but its slick, and enough jokes and ..
Oregon Live
2.5
Unfortunately, this animated fantasy sequel, which is allegedly the final film in the ultra successful series, barely manages to accomplish that.
Deseret News
5.0
The irreverent tone of the original is maintained and the heart of the film true love gives the story its emotional anchor.As sequels go, its better t ..
Urban Cine File
3.5
Though too sweet and amicable a presence to radiate genuine ass kicking machismo, Gyllenhaal carries out his heros parkour derring do with proficiency ..
La Weekly
4.0
This is just plain fun, in a style of irony and adventure that entertains and satisfies.
Varia Gate
1.3
That it rips off Its a Wonderful Life isnt the core problem; its merely a symptom of the lazy screenwriting that trickles across every limp page of th ..
New York Post
3.8
Shrek Forever After is a trifle of a film.Short, sweet, funny, and completely entertaining.
Cleve Land
2.5
For those who want such a thing, go ahead and pay the $15 to $18 dollar ticket price.Have a ball.
Dustin Put Man
3.8
Often as fun and witty as its predecessors, Shrek Forever After nonetheless sacrifices satire the hallmark of the series in favor of nonstop action.
Larsen On Film
3.8
But all is not well in the gurgling swamp.The quotidian domesticated life doesnt fully agree with newly minted family man Shrek, who misses the glory ..
Christianity Today
3.5
There are as many witticisms that will fly over younger viewers heads as there are slapstick gags and jokes about bodily functions.
Hollywood And Fine
3.5
Its not a dynamic sequel by any means, and perhaps purists will scoff at the timidity of the writing, but I feel these Shrek films have developed into ..
Brian Or Ndorf
3.5
Maybe the series is getting tired but I dont think this has the originality or adult humour I remember fondly from the first film.
The Film Pie
2.9
A smarter, more imaginative and focused screenplay would have made Michaels adventures on the lam much more fun and surprising.
Nyc Movie Guru
3.8
But thanks to a witty new villain, and healthy doses of slapstick, sight gags and gentle jabs at fairy tales, Shrek manages to deliver a fresh story.
Js Online
3.8
After the original spoof of fairy tales and Disney fare, its taken three sequels to finally get one right.Now please stop.
Movie Crypt
1.0
They know that if they tell a few jokes and bring back the characters you love, that youll pay to see it.Actual creativity requires too much effort.
Hollywood Chicago
3.0
What charms it does have cant really compete with the charms it doesnt have.
ComingSoon
4.4
I walked into Shrek Forever After expecting another tired retread, coasting on pop culture references, familiar catchphrases and various other random ..
Montreal Film Journal
3.0
If youre having trouble getting ogre enthusiastic for this fourth Shrek adventure, rest assured that its a vast improvement on the lacklustre Shrek th ..
Sky
3.0
I dont get it: why would the brains trust at DreamWorks Animation toss out the winning formula which had underpinned the most successful animation fra ..
Sbs
3.0
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
3.1
This being DreamWorks, the computer animation is dynamic and imaginative, no less so for being cast in duskier hues.
Chron
4.0
This worked well enough for the first two but the third outing got bogged down in an overcrowded script, relying too much on poor, contemporary pop cu ..
The Shiz Nit
3.1
Because all of the edge, all of the wit, all of the refreshing originality that made the earlier films in the fractured fairy tale franchise so enjoya ..
No La
1.9
As my paper thin Top 10 Best Fourth Movies in a Franchise list from last year proves, the fourth time is almost never a charm.
Scene Stealers
3.5
It wont make any new Shrekkies (Shrekkers), but Shrek Forever After should satisfy fans of the first two entries, especially those smarting from the t ..
Decent Films
3.0
The fact is both in the storytelling and animation departments Shrek seems like a passe relic.Not only have Disney and Pixar moved onto nabbing Best P ..
Streaming Quickflix
3.1
It may be based on a real person embellished as a folk tale, but its not a fable meant to teach the audience a moral lesson.
Cinema Sight
3.0
The 3D is fine, but unremarkable (you can see this in 2D) and the look of the film is more or less the same nine years on.
Trespass Mag
2.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
New York Time Out
4.0
After seeing Shrek the Third I thought I was done with this movies. I thought wrong. They brought back the story. And now they can put the series to b ..
The Scorecard Review
3.5
Its so challenging to common notions of storytelling and entertainment that it should threaten people.Frankly, it would legitimize the franchise if it ..
Can Mag
2.5
The characters that were once fresh and irreverent come off here as stale and far too familiar, as do the gags.
Illinois Times
2.5
The latest Shrek adventure occupies a strange limbo.Its mildly entertaining, infused with the pleasant nostalgia you experience visiting friends you o ..
Hollywood News
3.1
But unfortunately its not S great, either.Hey, I tried.On a scale of zero to four stars I give Shrek Forever After
Crazed Fan Boy
3.0
But it still cant resist doing something completely stupid musically, like throwing in an incongruous extended dance sequence, but at least it keeps t ..
Standard Net Au
4.0
Shrek Forever After puts a fairy tale spin on Its A Wonderful Life, but lacks the heartfelt emotion of the Jimmy Stewart classic.
Liver Pool Echo
3.8
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2 The Advocate
2.0
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New York Metro Mix
4.4
This is Shreks show, and the final chapter (one assumes) is fresh, funny and, for once, a sequel worthy of summer blockbuster status.
Sign On Sandiego
3.0
Its also noticeably darker and more violent than the previous entries, but director Mike Mitchell keeps the 90 minute romp moving along at a lively pa ..
Access Hollywood
5.0
Spare in its filmmaking economy (Bangs doesnt waste shots and doesnt provide a narration the visuals and the horrific statistics seen on screen say it ..
Knight At The Movies
2.8
This bracing last installment redeems the franchise from the potty joke mire of Shrek the Third with a plot that some parents will deem too dark for c ..
Amy Weekly
3.0
All in all, its not the spectacular send off Shrek deserves but, as a way to get out, its not too shabby either.
Perth Now
2.2
Even the third, where the writing started to falter, had a rich and beautifully detailed look.
East Bay Times
3.8
Shrek Forever After isnt essential, but its breezy and likable and doesnt overstay its welcome the first summer movie thus far to deliver on its promi ..
Miami Herald Type Pad
1.5
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Chicago Now
3.5
But to many, Dreamworks fourth installment of the Shrek franchise will salvage its conclusion this is a smart, imaginative, and dead funny sequel assu ..
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