Shrek Forever After

"It ain't ogre... til it's ogre."

2010 1h 33m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 8,164

ComedyAdventureFantasyAnimationFamily

Synopsis

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A midlife-crisis burdened Shrek, longing for the days of when he felt like a real ogre, makes a pact with magic deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin. But when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met—he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

“It ain't ogre... til it's ogre.”

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Cast

Mike Myers
Shrek (voice)
Eddie Murphy
Donkey (voice)
Cameron Diaz
Princess Fiona (voice)
Antonio Banderas
Puss in Boots (voice)
Walt Dohrn
Rumpelstiltskin / Priest / Krekraw Ogre (voice)
Julie Andrews
Queen Lillian (voice)
John Cleese
King Harold (voice)
Jon Hamm
Brogan (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mike Mitchell
Writers: Josh Klausner, Darren Lemke, Walt Dohrn
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$165M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.6× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Shrek Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Harry Gregson-Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nick Fletcher shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It ain't ogre... til it's ogre.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mike Mitchell directs. Harry Gregson-Williams scores. Nick Fletcher cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1$165M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 4.6× over at the box office.
3Released 16 years ago.
4Part of the "Shrek Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Original score by Harry Gregson-Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Nick Fletcher shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "It ain't ogre... til it's ogre.".
9IMDB entry: tt0892791 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 15 themes, including "witch", "villain", "sequel", "aftercreditsstinger".
11Released under 32 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Harry Gregson-Williams
Editing: Nick Fletcher
Production design: Peter Zaslav
VFX supervisor: Doug Cooper
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $165,000,000
Box office: $752,600,867
Return: 456% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Shrek Forever After (2010)

Part of

Shrek Collection

The fairytale story of a large, strong, solitude-loving, intimidating ogre named Shrek, and his friends.

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Mike Mitchell

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John Chard2015-12-05
★ 7/10
Dreamworks play safe and sign the series off with dignity. After the monstrosity that was Shrek the Turd, the Dreamworks team behind the Shrek franchise woke up and realised what made the series so popular in the first place. Shrek Forever After is not a particularly great film, but it finds some firm footings to appease the adults and children alike. Thematically it's as safe as houses, it pitches Shrek into a "It's a Wonderful Life" scenario, where the big green ogre gets to spend a day away from the life he didn't realise he was happy with in the first place. Making a deal with the nefarious Rumpelstiltskin, Shrek finds a world of darkness for ogres, a world ruled by a psychotic who has an army of flying Margaret Hamilton's to do his bidding. Worse than that, Fiona doesn't know him, she's the leader of the resistance and has no time for some big green ogre love. Donkey is all mangy and Puss in Boots literally has become a fat cat, it's a horrible life, man! The action and graphics whizz past the eyes in what is a perfectly pitched time frame of 90 minutes. It never reaches the heights of the first two movies, but it doesn't strain for laughs or narrative cheek (Pied Piper as a bounty hunter? Genius), or more crucially, it's never dull, something part 3 can't safely claim to not be. It bows out with head held high, not so much in a blaze of glory, but with a dignified recognition of the fact it's time to retire to the swamp and chill out. Take it easy Shrek and the gang. 7/10
ohlalipop2017-02-09
★ 7/10
Didn't really want to watch this. I mean, 4th movie??? Please stop already. But then it's hot and we have nothing else to do so ok. Shrek it is. The story is a little bit of continuation from the Shrek trilogy. But then of course, the story was crazy, going back to the past just so they can have a story from it and make another movie from it. Just seeing the trailers always make me say "Please stop making Shrek movies." But after seeing this movie I realized, I was entertained. It still had those funny moments although the first 3 were definitely funnier than this one. My rate for this movie is B+.