The previous two movies were well thought out, expertly constructed and funny from beginning to end. This unfortunately is not true for the third one. Here you are saddled with a boring plot sprinkled with a few jokes here and there for relief; that being after the best jokes was in the trailer. Its not all bad though, the animation is still great and the voice acting was expertly done.
Shrek (Mike Myers) doesn’t fit in with royalty in the Kingdom of Far Far away, and what’s worse is that the dying king wants him to rule after he pass away. The only way out for Shrek is if he could convince the other air to the thrown, Arthur (Justin Timberlake) to take his place. To do this Shrek, Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) has to go away to find Arthur. But this is only the beginning of his problems; Prince Charming (Rupert Everett) assembles all the villains of Fairytale Land to take over the Kingdom while Shrek is away. But this is not the end of his problems; Fiona (Cameron Diaz) is (OH NO!) pregnant. Through all this, it is only a blessing to have friend like Puss in Boots and Donkey.
The fear of becoming a father drives Shrek out of his mind and the fact that Arthur is just a teenager being nothing but difficult doesn’t help either. Even Merlin is called in to help. He manages to do so, but his spells have some strange side effects especially for Donkey and Puss.
The theme of Prince Charming not being the hero and the villains of Fairytale Land taking over the kingdom has already been exploited by Happily Never After and some might find the repeat tedious.
Shrek the Third scores 6/10.
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