Enjoyable, but a near miss and only a hair's breadth away from being a flop.

Rating: 6/10 (15 March 2009)

A wonderful animated adventure set in the fairytale land of Far, Far Away. A little unnecessary and simple but thanks to the help of the old Shrek characters and some clever humour it fits in well as the final of the Shrek trilogy.
The frog king Harold (voiced by John Cleese) has died of sickness and old age. This now makes Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) the new king. After hearing this Shrek, Donkey (voiced by Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (voiced by Antonio Banderas) go on a quest to find the second heir Artie (voiced by Justin Timberlake) so that Shrek will never have to take up such a responsibility. Meanwhile a group of angry fairytale villains led by the evil Prince Charming (voiced by Rupert Everett) have invaded Far, Far Away after their own Happily Ever After. Charming captures Princess Fiona, (voiced by Cameron Diaz) Queen Lillian (voiced by Julie Andrews) and all the other good fairytale characters, becomes king and sets death traps for Shrek for when he returns. It all seems as if King Charming has finally won but with the magician Merlin (voiced by Eric Idle) on Shrek's side there may still be some hope.
It's a very clever story that shows the world of fairy tales in a completely different form.