Diminishing returns

Rating: 7/10 (30 December 2013)

Following the death of Fiona's father, and his installation as acting King (which he finds objectionable), Shrek heads off in search of a member of the bloodline to be installed as King.
With this third instalment, the law of diminishing returns sets in. Yes, it is funny, and eye catching, and the voice talent does well (joined this time by Justin Timberlake as young Artie), but there is a feeling of having seen it all before. Some of the gags are clever (using Live And Let Die at the King's funeral as an oblique reference to Paul McCartney having done the Frog Song, for instance), but things are starting to feel a little stale.
I would still say that it is worth seeing rather than not seeing, though.