“さらばシュレック。さらばおとぎの国。”
三人の子供達と妻フィオナ、そしてたくさんの仲間達と共に平和に暮らすシュレック。しかし、あまりにも平凡で同じことの繰り返す生活に飽きていた。子供達の誕生日に我慢の限界になり、めちゃくちゃにし、フィオナと喧嘩してしまう。かつての自由気ままな暮らしが恋しくなったシュレックは、偶然、魔法使いランプルスティルスキンと出会い、彼と「1日だけ元の生活に戻る」という契約を交わし、怪物の生活を楽しむが実はランプルスティルスキンはペテン師で、シュレックは彼との契約によって自分が生まれていないパラレルワールドの「遠い遠い国」に飛ばされてしまう。
製作費: $165,000,000 (248億円)
興行収入: $752,600,867 (1129億円)
推定収支: $587,600,867 (881億円)
※製作費・興行収入はTMDBのデータを参照しています。収支は(興行収入 - 製作費)で算出したFindKey独自の推定値であり、広告宣伝費や諸経費は含まれません (1ドル=150円換算)。
監督: Mike Mitchell
脚本: Josh Klausner / Darren Lemke / William Steig
制作: アンドリュー・アダムソン / Aron Warner / Teresa Cheng
制作会社: DreamWorks Animation
Dreamworks play safe and sign the series off with dignity. After the monstrosity that was Shrek the Turd, the Dreamworks team behind the Shrek franchise woke up and realised what made the series so popular in the first place. Shrek Forever After is not a particularly great film, but it finds some firm footings to appease the adults and children alike. Thematically it's as safe as houses, it pitches Shrek into a "It's a Wonderful Life" scenario, where the big green ogre gets to spend a day away from the life he didn't realise he was happy with in the first place. Making a deal with the nefarious Rumpelstiltskin, Shrek finds a world of darkness for ogres, a world ruled by a psychotic who has an army of flying Margaret Hamilton's to do his bidding. Worse than that, Fiona doesn't know him, she's the leader of the resistance and has no time for some big green ogre love. Donkey is all mangy and Puss in Boots literally has become a fat cat, it's a horrible life, man! The action and graphics whizz past the eyes in what is a perfectly pitched time frame of 90 minutes. It never reaches the heights of the first two movies, but it doesn't strain for laughs or narrative cheek (Pied Piper as a bounty hunter? Genius), or more crucially, it's never dull, something part 3 can't safely claim to not be. It bows out with head held high, not so much in a blaze of glory, but with a dignified recognition of the fact it's time to retire to the swamp and chill out. Take it easy Shrek and the gang. 7/10
Didn't really want to watch this. I mean, 4th movie??? Please stop already. But then it's hot and we have nothing else to do so ok. Shrek it is. The story is a little bit of continuation from the Shrek trilogy. But then of course, the story was crazy, going back to the past just so they can have a story from it and make another movie from it. Just seeing the trailers always make me say "Please stop making Shrek movies." But after seeing this movie I realized, I was entertained. It still had those funny moments although the first 3 were definitely funnier than this one. My rate for this movie is B+.
