Published on: 6th July, 2010
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Running time: 93 minutes
“It ain’t ogre – till it’s ogre,” reads the poster-tagline for the fourth and apparently final Shrek movie. You’ll have seen what they did there: pun playfully on “ogre” and “over” while worryingly keeping in reserve the tiny possibility that it may not be, in fact, over. This fourth Shrek film might conceivably be greeted with boffo box office and the multitudinous shifting of units. So could it be that Shrek will next year show up in his Sean Connery ‘83 vintage wig, announcing: Never Say Never Again?
Shrek Forever After, in 3D, is a good-natured family comedy, an adventure conducted at a rather leisurely pace. The end of the franchise road seems to have taken the pressure off, inducing a relaxed feel, reminding you pleasantly, if faintly, what was so great about the first film. There is loads and loads of the flying and swooping through the air that is now de rigueur for 3D. I admit my gentle, feelgood buzz on leaving the cinema was rather premised on the assumption that the Shrek-pipeline is now empty, but it’s an enjoyable film nonetheless and a nice way for the series to finish.
Shrek Forever After is based on the Capraesque concept of Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) being bored and frustrated as a married ogre and, more pertinently, an ex-celebrity. He’s yearning for a different existence. Dealing with the kids is a chore and a bore. He’s taking for granted the luxuries of a loving princess-ogre-wife and a happy home and feels emasculated by the fact that no one is scared of him nowadays and fans just want him to “do the roar”. —guardian.co.uk
Directed by: Mike Mitchell
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