Shrek Forever After (2010)

Rumpelstiltskin tricks a mid-life crisis burdened Shrek into allowing himself to be erased from existence and cast in a dark alternate timeline where Rumpel rules supreme.

Director:

Mike Mitchell

Writers:

William Steig (book), Josh Klausner,

Stars:

Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz

1 win & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mike Myers	...	Shrek (voice)
Eddie Murphy	...	Donkey (voice)
Cameron Diaz	...	Princess Fiona (voice)
Antonio Banderas	...	Puss in Boots (voice)
Julie Andrews	...	Queen (voice)
Jon Hamm	...	Brogan (voice)
John Cleese	...	King (voice)
Walt Dohrn	...	Rumpelstiltskin / Priest / Krekraw Ogre (voice)
Jane Lynch	...	Gretched (voice)
Craig Robinson	...	Cookie (voice)
Lake Bell	...	Patrol Witch / Wagon Witch #2 (voice)
Kathy Griffin	...	Dancing Witch / Wagon Witch #1 (voice)
Mary Kay Place	...	Guard Witch (voice)
Kristen Schaal	...	Pumpkin Witch / Palace Witch (voice)
Meredith Vieira	...	Broomsy Witch (voice)

Storyline

A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away -- where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met -- he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

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Plot Keywords:

rumpelstiltskin | ogre | shrek | king | far far away | 

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Taglines:

Bake no prisoners

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild action, some rude humor and brief language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Forever After: The Final Chapter

Box Office

Budget:

$165,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£8,955,554 (UK) (2 July 2010)

Gross:

$238,371,987 (USA) (3 September 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks Animation, Pacific Data Images (PDI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS Sonics-DDP (IMAX version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Controversy emerged after paparazzi photos revealed Justin Timberlake driving to the studios to record lines as Artie, his character from Shrek the Third who proved to be popular among fans of the series. After he didn't appear at the premiere at the, Tribecca Film Festival, it was soon revealed his scenes were deleted, yet they don't appear in the DVD features. Furthermore, his character never appears & is never mentioned, possibly showing Mike Mitchell scrapped Artie altogether or forgot about him.

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Goofs

When Rumpelstiltskin is threatening the witches, the amount of water in his goblet changes irregularly between shots.

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Quotes

Donkey: Are my kids cute or do they make people uncomfortable?

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Connections

Follows Shrek the Third (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Dueling Banjos"
Written by Arthur Smith

User Reviews

Nowehere near the level of quality from the first and second films, but entertaining

Almost a decade ago, the film Shrek left many people amazed (including me) with its extraordinary animation and a hilarious parody of some famous fairy-tales (specially the Disney interpretations of them), without neglecting the creation of memorable characters and honest emotions.Shrek 2 was also excellent, but it was a bit below the level from the first film.Then, in 2007, Shrek the Third was a desperate attempt to have the magic from the first two films; the result was mediocre, and a big declination from the first two films.Now, we have Shrek Forever After, and even though it is far from reaching the level from Shrek 1 and 2, it kept me entertained, and I think it represents an improvement on the third film.

What I mostly liked from Shrek Forever After is that screenwriters Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke followed the evolution from Shrek in a natural way.In the first film, we saw the change in Shrek's life when he first fell in love; in the second one, he had to face the responsibilities from adult life; in the third one, he faced the insecurities of the paternity; and now, the ogre feels overwhelmed by the family routine and he misses the liberty from his youth, which is a subject that is a bit more mature to what we are accustomed to see on an animated film.

However, I found various fails in Shrek Forever After, specially in the fact that the screenplay is not very ingenious.Its handling of the humor keeps being based on songs, characters and events from popular culture, but that does not feel as fresh and irreverent as it had felt on the first Shrek; in fact it feels a bit tiring now, because of the large number of animated films which have used that strategy.However, there are good moments of humor in the interaction between the characters; I particularly liked the character of Puss in Boots; most of the laughs I had while watching this movie came from that character.Good work, Antonio Banderas.Unfortunately, I cannot say the same about Eddie Murphy, one of my favorite comedians, whose contribution to the other movies had been among the best elements from them.However, I felt his voice acting in Shrek Forever After to be forced and listless.The rest of the cast made a decent work, but nobody particularly stood out.

But the whole experience from Shrek Forever After is not highly memorable, and one of the best things I can say about it is that it avoided to fall into some irritating mistakes from the third film (even though that does not exempt it to have its own fails).However, I think I can recommend Shrek Forever After because it kept me entertained...however, it is very far away from reaching the magic from the first two films.