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Shrek the Third

Shrek the Third (2007)

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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 206
Fresh: 84 | Rotten: 122

Shrek the Third has pop culture potshots galore, but at the expense of the heart, charm, and wit that made the first two Shreks classics.

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Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 21

Shrek the Third has pop culture potshots galore, but at the expense of the heart, charm, and wit that made the first two Shreks classics.

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Shrek and Fiona's (Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz, respectively) fairy-tale wedding has gone off without a hitch, yet just as the beaming newlyweds prepare to enjoy their blissful "happily ever after," the sudden death of King Harold (John Cleese) finds everyone's favorite ornery ogre being reluctantly fitted for the royal crown. Troubled to learn that not only will he be compelled to rule Far Far Away, but that he and Fiona are also expecting a little ogre, Shrek determines to track down his new

PG, 1 hr. 32 min.

Animation, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, Jon Zack

Nov 13, 2007

$320.7M

Dreamworks

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Critic Reviews for Shrek the Third

All Critics (206) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (87) | Rotten (127) | DVD (35)

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.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: NPR.org | Comment
Bob Mondello
NPR.org
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This is a very skillfully made corporate product, but I wonder who, exactly, will be fully satisfied.

April 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Newsweek | Comment
David Ansen
Newsweek
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Computer-generated animated movies with wall-to-wall jokes can be excruciating, but these jokes are the funniest money can buy.

June 29, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Magazine | Comments (2)
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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This is the most visually impressive Shrek yet. It's also the least inspired.

May 21, 2007 Comment
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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The plot material isn't as strong as in the first two movies -- if anything, it feels a bit desperate -- but the anti-Disney joke blunderbuss remains in good working order.

May 21, 2007 Full Review Source: New Yorker | Comment
David Denby
New Yorker
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Feels sluggish and tired; its relentless, not-so-great gags hit with the soft thud of stone-hard bread crumbs.

May 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comments (3)
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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With a plot lacking no urgency, Shrek 3 is a well-animated film containing a few standout, but ultimately throwaway sequences that don't do enough to sustain our interest.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Digital Spy | Comment
Tony Delgado
Digital Spy

Computer-animated ugliness

August 27, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

From its humble, elegant origins as a slim children's book by William Steig, Shrek has metastasized into a symptom of and metaphor for the entertainment industry and modern culture in general.

April 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | Comment
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

Shrek the Third has the curse of the third in a bankable series. It is too often sappy, tiresome, and overblown. A franchise such as Shrek, with all the money it has accumulated, should be able to buy a little freshness and originality. But instead

February 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | Comment
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly

...kind of a milk-toast installment in the Shrek series. (Blu-ray Quadrilogy Edition)

September 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
John J. Puccio
Movie Metropolis

The best thing it has going for it is its look, which is stunning.

September 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
John J. Puccio
Movie Metropolis

Though the devious wit of the original remains, it is obscured by too many classic-rock interludes (courtesy of Led Zeppelin, Heart and Paul McCartney) and nudging pop-culture references that seem by now just part of the formula.

April 10, 2008 Comment
Rossiter Drake
San Francisco Examiner

The problem with this film is that after a quick, fun beginning they repeat a similar journey from the first film. Except this time, Shrek and Artie argue instead of Shrek and Fiona.

March 3, 2008 Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | Comment
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

Your kids may enjoy it, but you would do better to wait for the video.

February 1, 2008 Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | Comment
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

Feels refreshed and might be -- especially for relieved parents -- the most entertaining film of the franchise.

January 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | Comment
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
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not as good as the first 2

September 4, 2007
FiLmCrAzY
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It was okay. A bit gross. Not as funny as the other ones.

June 24, 2010
3niR
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    1. Prince Charming: He's bringing back the next heir?
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    1. Prince Charming: You don't know where Shrek is?
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    1. Prince Charming: Stop it!
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