Shrek Forever After (Shrek 4) (2010)

All Critics (189) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (109) | Rotten (80) | DVD (4)

An entertaining conclusion to the franchise -- one that parents should happily endure. But let's hope that's all, folks.

June 30, 2010 Full Review

Anna Smith

Time Out

Top Critic

This one had the same paucity in wit and script issues as the whole Shrek series.

June 1, 2010 Full Review

Michael Phillips

At the Movies

Top Critic

[It] kind of engaged me a little bit.

June 1, 2010 Full Review

A.O. Scott

At the Movies

Top Critic

Shrek Forever After wanders far, far away from the infectious and propulsive zing that we've come to expect over the past nine years.

May 21, 2010 Full Review | Comments (2)

Amy Biancolli

Houston Chronicle

Top Critic

The shout line on the Shrek Forever After poster says it best: It ain't ogre till it's ogre.

May 21, 2010 Full Review

Stephen Cole

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

Who is supposed to be excited by this? What child would care? What adult would care?

May 21, 2010 Full Review | Comments (8)

Tom Long

Detroit News

Top Critic

"Shrek Forever After" feels more like a direct-to-video release than one that should have been put in theaters.

October 1, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

Shrek Forever After is a fairy tale ending for the series.

July 14, 2011 Full Review

Mayer Nissim

Digital Spy

Shrek Forever After is the latest in a long, mediocre tradition. What charms it does have can't really compete with the charms it doesn't have.

March 30, 2011 Full Review

Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

DreamWorks and the unlovable ogre lose the plot.

January 2, 2011 Full Review

Don Groves

sbs.com.au

Shrek's inspired mash-up of the world of fairy tales and contemporary pop culture is now yielding diminishing returns.

December 29, 2010 Full Review

Jason Best

Movie Talk

Reveals an urge by the filmmakers to wipe the slate clean, as large an admission that the series is out of ideas as one could get. That said, all involved do try to make the most of it.

December 17, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Jeffrey Chen

Window to the Movies

Although not at all a bad movie, it's probably the best place for the series to end. (Blu-ray Edition)

December 3, 2010 Full Review

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...sweet and gentle, and the conclusion, while expected, carries a good deal of touching sentiment.

December 3, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

It's sweet, mildly funny, and a pleasant enough farewell from these once beloved characters. But there's a somewhat melancholy tone to the proceedings, as we watch this franchise try to hold onto its final shreds of dignity.

October 21, 2010 Full Review

Simon Miraudo

Quickflix

full review at Movies for the Masses

September 11, 2010 Full Review

Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

Interestingly, ...Forever After's biggest influence appears not to be fairy tales this time, but rather the Back To The Future series.

August 26, 2010 Full Review

Matt Neal

The Standard

Shrek Forever After brings the long-running saga to a lively close, reminding each of the characters about the love and friendship which bind them together.

July 8, 2010 Full Review

Catherine Jones

Liverpool Echo

The movie is a family drama about the family drama, so on every available level it works a treat.

July 8, 2010 Full Review

Andrew O'Hagan

This is London

It's a neat enough way of closing the book -- and one hopes it is closed now.

July 8, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Andrew Collins

Radio Times

Has a warm, engaging tone that draws us into the dramatic possibilities rather than the comical ones

July 8, 2010 Full Review

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

It isn't quite as witty or inventive as you might have hoped but if it is the last film in the series then it offers an honourable conclusion to a wonderful decade of family entertainment.

July 5, 2010 Full Review

Allan Hunter

Daily Express

An improvement over the last film...

July 5, 2010 Full Review | Comments (2)

Alistair Harkness

Scotsman

I admit my gentle, feelgood buzz on leaving the cinema was rather premised on the assumption that the Shrek-pipeline is now empty, but it's an enjoyable film nonetheless and a nice way for the series to finish.

July 1, 2010 Full Review

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian [UK]

• 1. Shrek: I didn't know what I had until I lost it.
  – Submitted by Matthew R (5 months ago)
• 1. Pinocchio: Ah sir, your gonna have to pay for that!
  2. Rumpelstiltskin: Ah, maybe we could make a deal for that little boy?
  3. Pinocchio: Oh, I'm not a real boy.
  4. Rumpelstiltskin: Do ya wanna be?!
  5. Pinocchio: [Kicks Rumpelstiltskin out of the store] No one needs your deals anymore 'Rumplestinkypaints'!
  – Submitted by Matthew R (5 months ago)
• 1. Shrek: Do you know what the best part of today was? I got the chance to fall in love with you all over again.
  – Submitted by Evan T (13 months ago)
• 1. Shrek: So, what happens now?
  – Submitted by Anthony A (14 months ago)
• 1. Rumpelstiltskin: Have a nice day!
  – Submitted by Anthony A (14 months ago)
• 1. Rumpelstiltskin: [Laughs evilly]
  – Submitted by Anthony A (14 months ago)

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