Strained ...

Rating: 4/10 (19 August 2007)

... washed up, wrung out, drained, finished, rinsed. These are just a few descriptors that ran through my mind as I watched through the tedium of burnt out gags in the charmless wonder that was Shrek the Third.
"Has the magic of Shrek finally disappeared?" I had to ask myself.
I felt there was less charm and more attempts at 'clever' gags which just fell flat on their faces. Whilst I wouldn't say the movie was a total failure, it certainly wasn't on a par with the first Shrek movie which I watched a number of times and always enjoyed.
However, maybe this should be a lesson  a great movie doesn't always require a sequel. Sometimes just the memory of a great movie is enough . Sequels can have the uncanny ability to kill a movie which was once great.