Voices By: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas
Director: Mike Mitchell (Surviving Christmas, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo)
Running Time: 1 hr 33 min
Release Date: May 21, 2010
Budget: $165 million
Critics’ Thumbs Up: 56%
“…hilarious and heartfelt…” Peter Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine
“…downright exhausted.” Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
In this fourth installment of the animated fairy tale spoof, Shrek (Myers) fears he has lost his roar. Ironically, this series about the giant, green ogre has itself lost its roar.
Once witty and imaginative, Shrek Forever After is weighted down with stale dialogue and lazy gags. In an all-too familiar storyline, Shrek feels discontent with his domesticated life – he is now married to Fiona (Diaz) and is the father of 1-year-old triplets – and consequently makes a deal with the evil Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohm) to see what Far Far Away would be like had he never existed. A few of the resulting scenarios are quite funny like seeing the swashbuckling Puss in Boots as a lazy house cat and the voice performances (especially Dohm’s) are entertaining, but Shrek feels worn-out and the 3D ineffective.
