Shrek's (Mike Myers) facing a mid-life crisis. After marrying Fiona (Cameron Diaz) and fathering three tiny green tots, he's in dire need of some self-time.
Shrek Forever After
U; animation
Dir: Mike Mitchell
Cast: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Jon Hamm, Kathy Griffin, Kristen Schaalu00a0
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What's it about: Shrek's (Mike Myers) facing a mid-life crisis. After marrying Fiona (Cameron Diaz) and fathering three tiny green tots, he's in dire need of some self-time.
The mud baths and scare sessions are replaced with changing diapers and being a good husband.
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Not happy with the way things turned out, he makes a dubious deal with the wicked Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn) to trade one day in his life and make everything like before. 
However, signing the document with the magical ink means Fiona, his kids and his life as it was disappears in front of his very eyes.
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Far Far Away is no more at peace, as Rumpel appoints himself as the king and has witches and ogres serving him all day.
Now Shrek must take the help of his old friend donkey (Murphy) and an overweight Puss (Banderas) to put things back in order.
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What's hot: Shrek was always about the characters. Be it donkey, gingerbread man, puss or the three little pigs.
The idea of watching the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales blend into an impossible yet entertaining fantasy land worked like a charm.
In Forever After, Puss clearly emerges as the favourite. Despite his weight issues, he finally seems to have found his groove.
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Donkey channels his inner Madonna while singing 'Papa don't preach', while Rumpel is a good addition to the cast. The Pied Piper's introduction scene is simply hilarious and his flute hasu00a0 a crazy effect on not just rodents but everyone else!
What's not: Problems start early on for Shrek. The story which begins where the third ended, seems lazy enough to actually have anything to tell.
Putting the protagonist in crisis and going about resolving that to meet a happy end seems too obvious a device.
Shrek and Donkey's chemistry isn't the same like before. Even though the two are thrown into a totally alien setting, they seem a bit lost when it comes to reigniting the madness they shared.
Watch-ing grumpy Shrek battling odds to win back his love isn't convincing enough. He was always the central character who was a royal mess and didn't care a damn about being so.
Suddenly wanting to become a hero and change the world is a heavy battle for our hero, and he doesn't do a great job of convincing us either!
The 3D is gimmicky and only works in the flying sequences. Is 3D going to be a permanent fixture in all Dreamworks now?
What to do: Shrek claims he's become 'one jolly green joke'; unfortunately that's what we think too!
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