Shrek the Third (2007)
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 205
Fresh: 83 | 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.
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 45
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 25
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
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Cast
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Mike Myers
Shrek -
Eddie Murphy
Donkey -
Cameron Diaz
Princess Fiona -
Antonio Banderas
Puss in Boots -
Julie Andrews
Queen -
John Cleese
King -
Rupert Everett
Prince Charming -
Eric Idle
Merlin -
Justin Timberlake
Artie -
Susan Blakeslee
Evil Queen -
Cody Cameron
Bohort, Ogre Baby, Pino... -
Larry King
Doris -
Christopher Knights
Blind Mice, Evil Tree #... -
John Krasinski
Lancelot -
Ian McShane
Captain Hook -
Cheri Oteri
Sleeping Beauty -
Regis Philbin
Mabel -
Amy Poehler
Snow White -
Seth Rogen
Ship Captain -
Maya Rudolph
Rapunzel -
Amy Sedaris
Cinderella -
Conrad Vernon
Gingerbread Man, Headle... -
Aron Warner
Wolf -
Jasper Johannes Andrews
Ogre Baby -
Guillaume Aretos
Raul -
Kelly Asbury
Fiddlesworth, Master of... -
Zachary James Bernard
Ogre Baby -
Andrew Birch
Evil Tree #1 -
Sean Bishop
Drivers Ed Instructor, ... -
Kelly Cooney
Cheerleader, Mother, Ti... -
Walt Dohrn
Evil Knight, Nanny Dwar... -
Dante James Hauser
Ogre Baby -
Jordan Alexander Hauser
Ogre Baby -
Tom Kane
Guard #1 -
Tom McGrath
Gary -
Chris Miller
Announcer, Mascot, Pupp... -
Latifa Ouaou
Cheerleader, Guinevere,... -
Alina Phelan
Cheerleader -
David P. Smith
Evil Dwarf, Waiter -
Mark Valley
Cyclops -
Kari Wahlgren
Old Lady -
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All Critics (205) | Top Critics (45) | Fresh (86) | 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.
Top CriticThis is a very skillfully made corporate product, but I wonder who, exactly, will be fully satisfied.
A shame it lacks the smart sassiness of its predecessors. Time to call time, we think.
Computer-generated animated movies with wall-to-wall jokes can be excruciating, but these jokes are the funniest money can buy.
This is the most visually impressive Shrek yet. It's also the least inspired.
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.
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.
Computer-animated ugliness
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.
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
...kind of a milk-toast installment in the Shrek series. (Blu-ray Quadrilogy Edition)
The best thing it has going for it is its look, which is stunning.
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.
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.
Your kids may enjoy it, but you would do better to wait for the video.
Feels refreshed and might be -- especially for relieved parents -- the most entertaining film of the franchise.
Audience Reviews for Shrek the Third
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- Prince Charming: You. You can't lie, so tell me puppet, where is Shrek?
- Pinocchio: Uh, hmm, well, uh, I don't know where he's not.
- Prince Charming: You're telling me, you don't know where Shrek is?
- Pinocchio: It wouldn't be inaccurate to assume that I couldn't exactly not say that it is or isn't almost partially incorrect.
- Prince Charming: So, you do know where he is?
- Pinocchio: On the contrary, I'm possibly more or less not definitely rejecting the idea that in no way with any amount of uncertainty that I undeniably do or do not know where he shouldn't probably be, if that indeed wasn't where he isn't. Even if he wasn't at where I knew he was that'd mean I really have to know where he wasn't.
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- Prince Charming: He's bringing back the next heir?
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- Prince Charming: You don't know where Shrek is?
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- Prince Charming: [Facepalms himself]
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- Prince Charming: Stop it!
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- Prince Charming: So you DO know where he is?
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Foreign Titles
- Shrek der Dritte (DE)
- Shrek le troisième (FR)
