Shrek Forever After Reviews

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• THERE IS NO happy ending for the "Shrek" franchise

  Review rate : C- by Charlie McCollum [San Jose Mercury News ]

• There is a pervasive sense in "Shrek 4" that the title character, a onetime antidote to soulless corporate animation, has become what he once detested

  Review rate : C by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News ]

• The whole thing feels listless and uninspired, and the outcome is painfully predictable

  by Jeff Vice [Deseret News ]

• The magic is gone. Like its watermelon-headed hero, "Shrek Forever After" has the midlife blahs

  by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune ]

• the magic is gone, and Shrek Forever After is no longer an ogre phenomenon to reckon with. Instead, it's a Hot Swamp Time Machine

  Review rate : B- by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly ]

• Shrek Forever After is - forgive me - mediogre at best

  by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]

• It's a perfectly acceptable family-friendly summer sequel, which is likely all the filmmakers hoped for

  by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]

• It's a fun ride

  by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]

• In the fourth and ostensibly final installment, Shrek and company still have some appeal, but the energy is lacking and the fun feels forced

  by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]

• If this really is the final chapter, may he finally rest in peace

  by Janice Page [Boston Globe ]

• Happily, it's a move that revives our aging ogre, and renews his flagging franchise

  by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News ]

• downright exhausted

  by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]

• Although the new Shrek will likely equally enchant the very young, it holds less interest for adults than the three that preceded it

  by Rob Salem [Toronto Star ]

• All of this would be extremely irritating, and easy to dismiss as cynical manipulation of the moviegoing public - except for the fact that even recycled "Shrek" is still pretty funny, and that kids will thoroughly enjoy it

  by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times ]

• "Forever After" is not the revelation that the first Shrek was, but it more than holds its own against the first sequel and stomps all over "Shrek the Third"

  by Cathy Jakicic [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ]

• "Forever After" comes back with more heart and much of the kick-in-the-pop-culture-keister cleverness that made the greenish brute such a breath of fresh air when "Shrek" first blew into town nearly a decade ago

  by Betsy Sharkey [LA Times ]

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