B+ |
*** |
+2-2|
Kids & Up*
Banderas’s swashbuckling Puss in Boots first appeared in
Shrek 2, quickly establishing himself as one of the most popular supporting characters in the franchise. Now in a starring role in this spinoff, Puss spins the story in a direction strikingly different from the Shrek films.
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B |
*** |
+2|
Kids & Up*
After three
Shrek films aimed squarely at adolescents, I’m mildly surprised to find that DreamWorks has made a final chapter aimed more or less at middle-aged men, and specifically husbands and fathers. You know, undemanding middle-aged men going to a
Shrek movie. But still.
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C |
** |
-1|
Kids & Up*
Shrek the Third continues the deliberate bad taste that is the franchise’s hallmark, with the usual hit-and-miss results… What’s missing is the heart that leavened the first two films.
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B |
*** |
+1-1|
Teens & Up
If Pixar’s
Toy Story movies connect with the child in all of us, DreamWorks’
Shrek pictures are aimed squarely at our inner adolescent. I suspect I may be more in touch with my inner child than my inner adolescent.
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B |
*** |
+1-1|
Teens & Up
Loosely based upon a story by children’s author William Steig (
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble),
Shrek is a satiric, updated fairy-tale love story, sort of like
The Princess Bride, if André the Giant had been the hero, and had worn Lou Ferrigno body paint. And if Princess Buttercup did
Matrix-style wire-fu and knocked out bad guys.
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