Shrek Forever After movie review

June 12, 2010 - #28/100
Shrek Forever After (2010)

In the beginning of this movie, Shrek (Mike Myers) seems to be living a mundane life at his swamp with his wife Fiona (Cameron Diaz) and their three children. At a birthday party for the children, Shrek seems to finally crack. He has had enough. In comes Rumpelstiltskin. He makes a deal with Shrek, giving him an entire day to himself. Of course, Rumpelstiltskin cheats Shrek, and messes up everything by making it as if Shrek had never existed. The only way to break the spell is for Shrek to kiss his one true love, which is Fiona. Also, he only has twenty-four hours before he disappears forever. So, he has a very limited amount of time to try to convince Fiona that she loves him. The thing that probably bothers me the most about the last two Shrek movies is that it seems that they aren't as adult friendly as they used to be. For example, the first Shrek movie contained funny jokes that only adults were supposed to be able to understand. Therefore, it managed to keep children entertained, as well as adults. The last two Shrek movies seem to be lacking this factor. Puss in Boots and Donkey still managed to make me laugh, as usual. But, other than that, I didn't really laugh out loud that much. So, overall, Shrek Forever After was an entertaining movie, but it definitely didn't live up to my expectations.

I gave this movie 6/10 stars on imdb.com.