Shrek the Third (Shrek 3) (2007)
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
When Shrek married Fiona, the last thing he had in mind was becoming the next King. But when Shrek's father-in-law, King Harold, suddenly croaks, that is exactly what he faces. Unless Shrek (with the help of his trusted companions Donkey and Puss In Boots) can find a suitable King for Far Far Away... (read more) When Shrek married Fiona, the last thing he had in mind was becoming the next King. But when Shrek's father-in-law, King Harold, suddenly croaks, that is exactly what he faces. Unless Shrek (with the help of his trusted companions Donkey and Puss In Boots) can find a suitable King for Far Far Away, the ogre could be stuck with the job. The most promising candidate, Fiona's cousin Artie, an underachieving Medieval high school slacker, proves to be more of a challenge than they bargained for.
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PG, 1 hr. 33 min.
Directed by:
Chris Miller
Release Date: May 18, 2007
DVD Release Date: Nov 13, 2007
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It would've been three stars but because Justin Timberlake stars it brought it down one.
This had some fun moments, but also had plenty of long mediocre moments. Not bad, just not great like it's predecessors.
It's fantastic exploring in the high school to find a guy to be a king
An insipid, lazy, meh of a sequel from a company that always finds itself many, many steps behind Pixar. There's nothing really wrong about it, but then again there is no reason to watch it.
The got all the interesting funny in the first to. This will have to be filler.
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Apart from some modestly amusing princess shtick and a pleasantly slapsticky opening, there's no real reason for anyone over the age of 11 to see this one.
Apart from some modestly amusing princess shtick and a pleasantly slapsticky opening, there's no real reason for anyone over the age of 11 to see this one.
Computer-generated animated movies with wall-to-wall jokes can be excruciating, but these jokes are the funniest money can buy.full review
Green isn't just the color of ogres. It also represents the cold hard cash studio execs can again expect to reap, no matter how often they repeat the same basic joke.full review
Feels sluggish and tired; its relentless, not-so-great gags hit with the soft thud of stone-hard bread crumbs.full review
The world of the fanciful fable looks particularly vibrant this time with its signature blend of realism and fantasy. It is a pleasure to watch these fairy tale folk be themselves -- yet again.full review
The movie's tidy running time is crammed with so many yuks that I'd have to watch two or three times to catch them all. And I wouldn't mind.full review
Shrek the Third seems at once more energetic and more relaxed [than its predecessors], less desperate to prove its cleverness and therefore to some extent smarter.
A deflated, weakly plotted effort that only intermittently recaptures the jubilant humor of the earlier films.full review
There's no disguising the fact that Shrek the Third has come down with a bad case of sequelitis. You know the symptoms: Lots of razzle-dazzle to distract from the hole at the center of the story. You know, the place where fresh ideas should be.full review
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