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Shrek The Final Chapter
File:Shrek forever after ver8.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMike Mitchell
Written byWilliam Steig (Book)
Josh Klausner
Darren Lemke
Produced byGina Shay
Teresa Cheng
Andrew Adamson
Aron Warner
John H. Williams
StarringMike Myers
Eddie Murphy
Cameron Diaz
Antonio Banderas
Walt Dohrn
Jon Hamm
Jane Lynch
Craig Robinson
CinematographyYong Duk Jhun
Edited byDavid Teller
Music byHarry Gregson-Williams
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
May 21, 2010 (2010-05-21)
June 17, 2010 (2010-06-17) (Australia)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$165 million[1]
Box office$312,045,583[2]

Shrek Forever After also known as Shrek: The Final Chapter is a 2010 animated fantasy-family film, and it is the fourth and final film in the Shrek series. It was released in theaters on May 20, 2010 in Russia, on May 21 in the United States, Pakistan, Canada, India and on May 28 in Vietnam. It was released on June 17, 2010 in Australia and Sri Lanka and on July 2, 2010 in the United Kingdom.[3][4] It was released in 3-D and IMAX 3-D theaters.[5]

Like the first three Shrek films, the movie is based on fairy tale themes.[6] The trailer was attached with Avatar. The second trailer was released online on March 12, 2010 and then attached with 3D showings of Alice in Wonderland and then with How to Train Your Dragon.[citation needed]

The film has received critically mixed reviews with several critics claiming that the film is better than Shrek The Third but does not live up to the instant success compared to Shrek and Shrek 2.

Plot

The film begins with the magic deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin reading from a book called "Shrek Forever After", which tells of what happened just before Princess Fiona’s rescue by Shrek during the first film. King Harold and Queen Lillian, desperate to break Fiona's curse, meet with Rumpelstiltskin. He tells King Harold he will end Fiona's curse in exchange for the throne. Harold is about to sign the contract, but one of the king's servants bursts in and word comes that Fiona has been rescued, causing King Harold to rip the contract in half. In the present, a disgruntled Rumpelstiltskin tears pages of the "Shrek Forever After" book out and is kicked out of the library. He then wishes Shrek was never born, vowing vengeance.

Shrek has grown tired of being a celebrity and his overwhelming family and friends, as well as feeling that he is not a “real ogre” anymore. At the ogre babies' first birthday, fans ask Shrek to autograph pitch forks and torches, a boy named Butterpants and his father ask him to roar, and the three pigs eat the birthday cake. Coupled with the growing frustration of his repetitive home life, Shrek roars in frustration and everyone applauds. Moments later, he then smashes a new cake and angrily leaves. Fiona talks to Shrek about his anger and his wish to be a real ogre, overheard by Rumpelstiltskin. Fiona tells Shrek that he has everything, but does not see it, and returns to the party.

Walking home, Shrek encounters Rumpelstiltskin, who offers him a day to feel like a real ogre again, in exchange for a day from Shrek’s childhood. Suspicious but happy at the prospect of a relaxing vacation, Shrek signs the contract, and abruptly lands in a world where he is still feared by villagers. Shrek enjoys causing ogreish mischief before he sees wanted signs for him and Fiona and discovers that his home has become a deserted tree stump. Shrek is attacked by a group of witches and knocked unconscious. Shrek wakes up in a cage being hauled by Donkey, who does not recognize Shrek. Shrek is brought to Rumpelstiltskin, king of Far Far Away. Rumpelstiltskin reveals that the day Shrek traded away was the day he was born. Since he was never born, Fiona was never rescued, and Queen Lillian and King Harold signed the contract to make "all of their problems disappear", causing them to literally disappear; thus, Rumpelstiltskin took over, and has enslaved the ogre population. Rumpelstiltskin then reveals that when his day is up, Shrek will be erased from existence as well. Shrek steals a broom and escapes with Donkey. Though Donkey is initially afraid of Shrek, he returns when he finds Shrek crying over his babies' toy. Having never seen an ogre cry before, Donkey decides to trust him.

Donkey reveals to Shrek the escape clause of Rumpelstiltskin’s contract: if Shrek receives "True Love’s First Kiss", the contract will be rendered null and void. After not finding Fiona in the tower, the two discover a secret community of ogres led by Fiona. Fiona, who does not recognize Shrek, dismisses his attempts to reconcile with her. Shrek also finds Puss in Boots, now Fiona’s pet who retired from swordsmanship and is fat and lazy. Puss, at first doesn't recognize Shrek, but befriends him when he realizes Shrek's love for Fiona.

Rumpelstiltskin is to lead the nightly ogre hunt, and Fiona plans to ambush him. However, Rumpelstiltskin has hired the Pied Piper, whose magical flute entrances the army of ogres to dance themselves to the castle (to the song "Shake Your Groove Thing"). Puss and Donkey save Fiona and Shrek. Shrek and Fiona kiss, but since Fiona does not love him their kiss is ineffective. Fiona leaves to save the other ogres, without Shrek, Donkey and Puss.

Rumpelstiltskin announces that whoever brings him Shrek will get whatever they want with no strings attached. Shrek turns himself in in return for "all ogres going free". Shrek is imprisoned with Fiona; since Fiona is a human by day, she was not released, but is moved by Shrek's sacrifice and she falls in love with him. The two are to be fed to Dragon, Donkey's wife in the standard timeline, but Puss, Donkey and the ogres arrive and battle Rumpelstiltskin’s forces, eventually winning and imprisoning Rumpelstiltskin.

As Shrek and Fiona escape and the day is almost over, Fiona kisses Shrek, but he disappears. Fiona remains an ogre as the sun rises, and realizes that was true love's kiss. The contract is destroyed, the alternate world falls apart, and Shrek is sent back in time to when he roared during his kids' birthday. Shrek embraces Fiona, his family and friends, and remarks that Fiona saved him when they met.

Before the credits, Shrek, his family and friends, including the ogre army, celebrate the ogre babies' first birthday. At the larger party, Rumpelstiltskin is held prisoner and tormented by the Piper, and his pet goose explodes due to Fiona's singing. A curtain falls on the credits with a montage of clips from Shrek, Shrek 2, and Shrek the Third.

Cast

Main
Supporting
Minor

Production

Tim Sullivan wrote the original story Shrek Goes Fourth, but Darren Lemke and Josh Klausner made the rewrites, and Mike Mitchell directed the new installment.[7] Also, all the principal cast members reprised their roles.[8]

On November 25, 2009, DreamWorks Animation announced that Shrek 5 has been scrapped because Shrek Forever After is The Final Chapter.[9]

Reception

Critical reception

Shrek Forever After received mixed reviews with several critics claiming that the film is better than Shrek The Third but is not as great as compared to Shrek and Shrek 2. Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 54% of critics have given the film a positive review, based on 153 reviews, with an average score of 5.8/10.[10] Its consensus states "While not without its moments, Shrek Forever After too often feels like a rote rehashing of the franchise's earlier entries." [10] Among Rotten Tomatoes' Cream of the Crop, which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television, and radio programs,[11] the film holds an overall approval rating of 41% based on 32 reviews.[12] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated an average score of 58 based on 34 reviews.[13]

Pete Hammond of Boxoffice gave the film 4.5 stars out of 5 writing "Hilarious and heartfelt from start to finish, this is the best Shrek of them all, and that's no fairy tale. Borrowing liberally from Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, this edition blends big laughs and emotion to explore what Far Far Away might have been like if Shrek never existed." [14] James Berardinelli of Reelviews awarded the film 3/4 stars stating "Even though Shrek Forever After is obligatory and unnecessary, it's better than Shrek 3 and it's likely that most who attend as a way of saying goodbye to the Jolly Green Ogre will not find themselves wishing they had sought out a more profitable way of spending 90-odd minutes." [15] Writing her critique for Entertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwarzbaum graded the film a B- claiming "Everyone involved fulfills his or her job requirements adequately. But, the magic is gone, and Shrek Forever After is no longer an ogre phenomenon to reckon with." [16] Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers wrote "This is a fun ride. What’s missing is the excitement of new interpretation." [17] Mary Pols, film critic for Time, concluded her review with "Can an ogre jump a shark? I think so." [18] Giving the film 1 star out of 4, Kyle Smith of New York Post wrote that "After the frantic spurt of fairy-tale allusions and jokes in the first three Shreks, this one inches along with a few mostly pointless action scenes and the occasional mild pun." [19]

Box office

Having it as the widest release for an animated film playing in 4,359 theaters (later expanded to 4,389) on May 21, 2010, on opening day in the US, the film took #1, grossing an estimated $20,750,000. This was far less auspicious than the opening days of the last two Shrek films. The film then opened in three days with $70,838,207, lower than the two previous films, Shrek 2, which opened with $108 million back in 2004 and Shrek the Third, which opened with $121 million back in 2007. However, it's far bigger than the original Shrek, which opened with $42 million back in 2001. Anne Globe, head of worldwide marketing for DreamWorks Animation, said they were happy with the movie's opening since it debuted at #1 and also had the fifth best opening for an animated movie behind Shrek the Third, Toy Story 3, Shrek 2, and The Simpsons Movie.[20] In its second weekend, Shrek Forever After dropped only 38.9%, the second smallest second-weekend drop for the franchise (behind the original Shrek which gained 0.3%) and was #1 for two weeks in a row with $43,311,063, ahead of the two highly-anticipated films Sex and the City 2 and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The film then grossed $13,749,371 on Memorial Day bringing its four-day weekend total to $57,060,434.[21][22] In its third weekend Shrek Forever After dropped only 41.2% and was #1 for the three weeks in a row with $25,486,465, beating out the new releases Get Him to the Greek, Killers, Marmaduke, and Splice.[23] Shrek Forever After came in third place to The Karate Kid and The A-Team during its fourth weekend at the box office, but it delivered a higher-grossing weekend than Shrek the Third. The movie made $15,770,491, down only 38.1%, compared to Shrek the Third's $15,317,614 and also had the franchise's smallest fourth-weekend drop.[24]

As of June 24, 2010 Shrek Forever After has earned $226,437,724 at the domestic box office, and an additional $85,607,859 overseas giving the film a worldwide gross of $312,045,583.[2]

Awards and Nominations

Award Category/Recipient(s) Result Reference
2010 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Animated

Film

Pending [25]

References

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  3. ^ Ben Fritz (October 31, 2007). "Dreamworks Animation Announces Fall 2010 Title, New "Shrek 4"". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved October 31, 2007.
  4. ^ "2010: The Year 'Shrek 4' Made Contact Working title is 'The Next Shrek'". Zap2it.com. August 2, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2007.
  5. ^ "Shrek Forever After: An IMAX 3D Experience Movie Overview". Fandango.com. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  6. ^ "Shrek Forever After: An Ogre in Midlife Crisis". Time. May 20, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  7. ^ "Mike Mitchell to Direct Shrek 4". Coming Soon.net. May 7, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
  8. ^ Mike Sampson (August 2, 2007). "Shrek 4 set for 2010". JoBlo.com. Retrieved August 3, 2007.
  9. ^ Susan Wloszczyna (November 25, 2009). "First look: 'Shrek Forever After': Fourth, final film is first in 3-D". usatoday.com. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
  10. ^ a b "Shrek Forever After Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
  11. ^ "Rotten Tomatoes FAQ: What is Cream of the Crop". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2010-05-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ "Shrek Forever After (Cream of the Crop)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
  13. ^ "Shrek Forever After reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2010-05-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ Hammond, Pete (2010-05-05). "Shrek Forever After Movie Review". Boxoffice Media, LLC. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
  15. ^ Berardinelli, James (2010-05-19). "Shrek Forever After - A movie review by James Berardinelli". Reelviews. Retrieved 2010-05-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (2010-05-20). "Shrek Forever After – Movie – EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2010-05-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ Travers, Peter. "Movies -- Reviews -- Shrek Forever After -- Rolling Stone.com". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved 2010-05-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ Pols, Mary (2010-05-20). "Shrek Forever After: An Ogre in Midlife Crisis". Time, Inc. Retrieved 2010-05-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ "Fourth 'Shrek' is pure drek". The New York Post. NYP Holdings, Inc. 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2010-05-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. ^ "'Shrek Forever After' roars to top of box office". msnbc.com. 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  21. ^ "'Shrek' better than 'Sex' with $43M at box office". yahoo.com. 2010-05-30. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  22. ^ "'Sex' no match for 'Shrek' at box office". msnbc.com. 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  23. ^ ""Shrek" laughs its way past two new comedies". yahoo.com. 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  24. ^ "'Karate Kid' Kick-Starts the Summer, 'A-Team' B-Listed". boxofficemojo.com. 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  25. ^ "First Wave of "Teen Choice 2010" Nominees Announced". The Futon Critic. June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
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