I was not expecting much and still I was disappointed

Rating: 3/10 (17 November 2007)

To be honest, I give 7 out of 10 for the original Shrek and 10 out of 10 for Shrek 2. There was no way this third installment was going to be able to top the sequel. Uninspired storyline, marginally written new characters, even the established characters had little to do. What happened to the razor-sharp wit and clever inside jokes and visuals from Shrek 2? What about the wackiness? Gone, gone, gone. What was left?
Not much, I'm afraid. The storyline was flat. Nothing was fleshed out. There was no flow to the story or the action. I felt as if I'd just seen a handful of snippets that were not good enough to make it into the real movie and had been left on the cutting room floor.
If they'd stopped at Shrek 2, we'd all have lived happily ever after.