About | Features | Reviews | Community | Screenings | Videos | Studios | Home |
November 2007
DVD REVIEW:
SHREK THE THIRD |
(November: Main Page * Features * Reviews * Screenings * Teen ) Cur * Archive |
By Kam Williams
|
|
Lovable Ogre’s Latest Adventure Out on DVD This review-proof DVD is another pleasant, if readily-disposable adventure about the ogre who wouldn’t be king. The voice cast again features Mike Myers in the title role, along with Eddie Murphy as Donkey, Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona, and John Cleese and Julie Andrews as her parents, the King and Queen of Far Far Away. Also back are Antonio Banderas as the swashbuckling Puss in Boots and Rupert Everett as Prince Charming. At this flick’s point of departure, we find King Harold, in failing health and urgently in need of an heir. Unassuming Shrek is reluctant to ascend to the throne, so when his froggy father-in-law croaks, he has to find a replacement. Otherwise, the heir will be his old nemesis, the ambitious Prince Charming. Fortunately, Fiona does have a more-deserving cousin (Justin Timberlake) in Artie, a nerdy teen who’s still in prep school. Then, after learning from his wife that she’s pregnant, a suddenly discombobulated Shrek sets off in search of her cousin. Along the way, brace yourself for enough sassy repartee, slapstick, and bodily function humor to keep kids of any age entertained for ninety-minutes. |
(November: Main Page * Features * Reviews * Screenings * Teen ) Cur * Archive |