Shrek the Third

"He's in for the royal treatment."

2007 1h 33m EN

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6.3

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41%

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METACRITIC

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6.1

IMDB

★6.3TMDB · 10,046🥫41%Rotten Tomatoes●58Metacritic★6.1IMDB · 357,973

FantasyAdventureAnimationComedyFamily

Synopsis

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After the King of Far Far Away dies, Shrek and Fiona are to succede. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, he and Donkey set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.

“He's in for the royal treatment.”

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Cast

Mike Myers
Shrek (voice)
Eddie Murphy
Donkey (voice)
Cameron Diaz
Princess Fiona (voice)
Antonio Banderas
Puss in Boots (voice)
Julie Andrews
Queen Lillian (voice)
John Cleese
King Harold (voice)
Rupert Everett
Prince Charming (voice)
Eric Idle
Merlin (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Chris Miller
Writers: Peter S. Seaman, Jeffrey Price, Andrew Adamson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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$160M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.1× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 19 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 Joyce Arrastia 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: "He's in for the royal treatment.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Chris Miller directs. Harry Gregson-Williams scores. Joyce Arrastia 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$160M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 5.1× over at the box office.
3Released 19 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 Joyce Arrastia 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: "He's in for the royal treatment.".
9IMDB entry: tt0413267 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1010,046 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
11Classified under 34 themes, including "ship", "island", "ambush", "kingdom".
12Released under 22 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Harry Gregson-Williams
Editing: Joyce Arrastia
Production design: Guillaume Aretos
Costume design: Israel Segal
VFX supervisor: Ken Bielenberg
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $160,000,000
Box office: $808,310,187
Return: 505% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Shrek the Third (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes: 41% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 58/100
IMDB rating: 6.1/10 · 357,973 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award5 wins & 17 nominations total

Part of

Shrek Collection

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

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CinemaSerf2025-01-13
★ 6/10
The King decided that he didn't much fancy this third outing, so conveniently died and left the kingdom to his daughter "Fiona" and her husband "Shrek". Thing is, he'd much rather just stay at home and leave the governing to someone else. "I know", thinks he - let's go and find the legendary "Prince Artie" and see if we can't get him to take the job instead. Off he, "Donkey" and "Puss in Boots" set on their quest, but they don't bargain on the scheming "Prince Charming" who has designs on the throne for himself. It's this latter gent who has cleverly assembled an army straight from the Brothers Grimm to do his fighting, charming and seducing for him. Can our intrepid trio manage to thwart his cunning plan, find the missing prince and get back before "Fiona" has her baby? I actually quite enjoyed this rather derivative adventure, possibly because the annoying donkey takes much lesser a role as their search plays to many other fantasies, a bit of Arthurian myth and has plenty of action to keep it moving along for ninety minutes. It was always going to be more difficult to keep the character fresh after six years, and the writing here isn't quite as witty as we've seen before, but the underlying characters are still quite engaging and the hero/anti-hero storyline did rise a smile from time to time. Maybe Dreamworks ought to take the hint, though, and call it quits now?

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