SHREK THE THIRD Film Review - 26/7/07

So here we have "Shrek The Turd" - Oops, sorry - "Shrek The Third". In this rather "charmless" sequel (Let's please now stop at three!) it feels like putting on your favourite well-worn shoes or your really old comfy slippers and realising it's time for them to be binned. This time around although the same cast is present and correct with a few new hangers on - The script and story really don't add up to much. With the odd few laughs few and far between this certainly doesn't stand up to the second film and both pale in comparison to the original. The quality of animation of course is superb and when the few jokes that do hit - they are spot on. But the story - Ouch!! Hopefully the DVD will include some better Special Features on a 2-Discer to actually sell this tired sequel - and if they want a spin off film with Antonio Banderas Puss In Boots character they had better get a decent scriptwriter in.

This time Shrek gets lumbered with the King's duties in Far Far Away and getting fed up with this decides to track down the other Royal heir - Hence a quest to find Artie. In the meantime scheming Prince Charming stages a take over of the Kingdom with his band of villains aiming to put Shrek out of the picture once and for all. YAWN!