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Director:
Mike Mitchell
Starring:
Mike Myers (Shrek);
Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona); Eddie Murphy (Donkey);
Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots); Walt Dohrn (Rumpelstiltskin)
Studio:
Dreamworks Animation & Paramount Pictures
Released:
May 20th 2010
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In the 4th and final instalment of the Shrek series, Shrek starts to feel like he no longer lives up to the reputation of being an ‘ogre’ and longs for the times to be how they used to be, when people were scared and branded their pitchforks rather than asking him to autograph them. After losing his temper at his and wife Fiona’s triplets birthday party, he walks out on them all and gets swayed into signing a contract with the mysterious Rumpelstiltskin. Rumpel explains that in order for Shrek to be an ‘ogre for a day’ he must exchange it for a meaningless day in his past. Yet the evil midget and his pet goose Fifi trick Shrek into giving away a day, which means more than any other day in his life – the day he was born.
When Shrek finds himself on the ‘ogre for a day’ day, he soon realises that all is not what it seems, and after encountering a troupe of witches who are paid by Rumpel to round up ogres, he is caught and transported in a caged carriage pulled by Donkey! Donkey, who it transpires does not even know who Shrek is, pulls the carriage all the way to a slightly more sinister version of Far Far Away, where Rumpel has gained the whole kingdom from Fiona’s parents; King Harold and Queen Lillian.
After a dramatic escape from the palace, Shrek rescues Donkey and persuades him that he is a kind ogre, and only wants to get his life back. Once persuading Donkey, Shrek has to decide how to hunt down Fiona, and starts to trace his steps to where he first met Fiona; the Dragon’s Keep. Only he finds that Fiona has already gone, and uses Donkey’s nose to track her scent – instead hunting down a pile of honey waffles.
This however, was just a trap set up by none other than the all new Warrior Princess Fiona’s gang of ogres forming a revolution against Rumpelstiltskin and his witches. After many failed attempts at wooing Fiona for the only way to break his contract – Love’s True Kiss, his persistence persuades Puss in Boots – Fiona’s over groomed, over fed and now extremely over weight fat cat, that Shrek is the one true love of Fiona.
After more escapades including an evil Pied Piper and some intelligence by Donkey for once, Shrek and Fiona lead the revolution into the palace at Far Far Away, battling the endless amounts of witches, the dragon who guarded Fiona’s tower, Donkey’s wife and mother of his children (How that happened, I guess we will never know..) and a dramatic attempt at a last minute getaway by Rumpel on his trusted Fifi; the dramatic battle between ogre and witch finishes. As Fiona realises that Shrek has risked everything to save her, she falls in love with him all over again – just as daybreak occurs, and Shrek’s time runs out, she administers the kiss and as everyone and everything in the palace suddenly vanishes, Shrek regains consciousness back at his children’s party, where he realises how much he loves Fiona. This really is a happily ever after story for the last Shrek movie, however all is not lost.. as in 2011, there will be a Puss in Boots movie spin off.
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My rating;
Acting/Animation: 5/5
Plot: 4/5
Opening: 4/5
Ending: 4/5
TOTAL: 17/20 (85%)
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