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Shrek forever after - Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Mike Mitchell

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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 used to, a reluctant Shrek now agrees to autograph pitch forks. What's happened to this ogre's roar?

Longing for the days when he felt like a "real ogre," Shrek Is duped Into signing a pact with the smooth-talking deal-maker, Rumplestiltskin.

Shrek suddenly finds himself In a In a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted, Rumplestiltskin 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.

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Film animation comedy fantasy ogre swamp fairy tale donkey sequel throne

Persons of Interest

Cameron Diaz .... Princess Fiona
Eddie Murphy .... Donkey
Maya Rudolph .... Rapunzel
Antonio Banderas .... Puss In Boots
Ian McShane .... Captain Hook
Mike Myers .... Shrek
Amy Poehler .... Snow White
Julie Andrews .... Queen Lillian
Justin Timberlake .... Artie
Amy Sedaris .... Cinderella
Eric Idle .... Merlin
Larry King .... Doris the Ugly Stepsister
Cheri Oteri .... Sleeping Beauty
Christopher Knights .... Three Blind Mice
Cody Cameron .... Pinocchio, The Three Little Pigs, Ogre Triplets
Conrad Vernon .... Gingy, Mongo
Aron Warner .... Big Bad Wolf
Josh Klausner .... Screenwriter
Darren Lemke .... Screenwriter
Mike Mitchell .... Director

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See also Shrek, Shrek 2, Shrek 3
Studios and distributors:

DreamWorks * Paramount Pictures

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Theatrical report

I went Into this film fairly pessimistic, as I do when I am going to see a sequel, let alone a 4th sequel.

The Shrek films have done a great job at continuing the story on as long as they have. The first two films were brilliant but by the third and fourth It was overkill. I can't help but feel that it seems like filmmaking for the sake of making more films. It wasn't all bad. It still had Its witty sense of humour and feel-good ending but not anywhere near to the same degree as the originals. There wasn't much play on popular culture references which made the Shrek films so entertaining. The visuals were up to par, and visually stimulating, but like most sequel attempts they tend to go over the top with the CGI the next time round with all the cash they took in from the last movie - it becomes about the action ride Instead about the actual character journey.

I must confess that I wasn't quite sure where the story was going for the first half. I liked that It was unpredictable but I found myself drifting off. The second half was more entertaining when the characters are reunited in a new way, but in general the character relationships and interactions seemed majorly lacking compared to the previous films.

Shrek was always the sceptical likeable grump whilst the others complimented his adventures with Fiona, but I think Shrek was outdone by Puss-in-boots and Fiona this time round. Even Donkey seemed bland this time round. Fair play - in the story they are different characters when Shrek signs a deal with Rumplestiltskin and goes back in time. I get that the mood needs to be darker I just think It had more potential, would have been great to see them have more fun with the characters.

However considering it is no. 4 I think they have done a good job. It was never going to live up to the first films. It is worthy of a cinema visit - maybe on cheap Tuesday - but I wouldn't go out of my way to see it, it wasn't the most memorable comeback which is a real shame.

The animation, comedy, fantasy movie Shrek forever after Is directed by Mike Mitchell and stars Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy.