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.
It's no classic, but Shrek Forever After is a pleasant reminder that every time a cash register rings, this ogre turns angelic.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
21 May 2010
fresh:
[It] kind of engaged me a little bit.
– A.O. Scott,
At the Movies,
1 Jun 2010
rotten:
This one had the same paucity in wit and script issues as the whole Shrek series.
– Michael Phillips,
At the Movies,
1 Jun 2010
rotten:
By the middle of the second act, Forever After finally finds its groove, becoming mildly amusing (the actors -- Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas -- are in fine form) but never rising to the inspired heights of the original.
– Ernest Hardy,
L.A. Weekly,
7 Jun 2010
fresh:
An entertaining conclusion to the franchise -- one that parents should happily endure. But let's hope that's all, folks.