Shrek the Third Reviews

- Director: Chris Miller
- Release Date: May 18, 2007
- Duration: 92 minutes
- Co-starring: Julie Andrews, Rupert Everett and Eric Idle
- Rating: PG
- Distributor: DreamWorks

Shrek the Third is the third installment in the popular computer animated DreamWorks series. Like the previous two films, Shrek the Third draws inspiration from classic fairy tales to continue the story of Shrek (Mike Myers) the ogre and his Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz).
When Shrek's frog-in-law, King Harold (John Cleese) croaks, Shrek is named as heir to the throne. Not eager to become king and apprehensive about becoming a new father, Shrek sets out on a journey, flanked by sidekicks Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) to find the other heir to the throne, Fiona's long lost cousin Prince Artie (Justin Timberlake).
Reviews

Although reviews for Shrek the Third were mixed and fairly evenly split between positive and negative, virtually everyone agreed that the movie was visually stimulating, mildly comical and continued in the same tradition as the previous films. However, this became a complaint for some, who felt that Shrek the Third didn't offer anything new or go anywhere the previous films hadn't already been.
What About the Kids?

Although all the Shrek movies have aimed to be entertaining for the entire family by interspersing kid-friendly gags with some aimed more toward parents, the third installment, some reviewers felt, went too far in its attempt to appeal to the adult audience. Shrek's reluctance to take over as heir to the throne and his apprehension at becoming a father are issues that some believe children may have difficulty relating to.

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Shrek the Third Reviews (Positive)
- Variety: Shrek the Third Review
  - "While still mirthful and eccentric enough to amuse his hordes of admirers, the irascible green ogre begins to show signs of encroaching middle age in "Shrek the Third.""
- New York Magazine: Shrek the Third Review
  - "Computer-generated animated movies with wall-to-wall jokes can be excruciating, but these jokes are the funniest money can buy."
- USATODAY.com: Shrek the Third: Royal Lineage of Laughs Goes On
  - "The world of the fanciful fable looks particularly vibrant this time with its signature blend of realism and fantasy. It is a pleasure to watch these fairy tale folk be themselves — yet again."
- newsday.com: Shrek the Third Review
  - "As it is, the latest installment in the life and times of the good, green ogre tickles and heartens with slick efficiency."
- The Boston Globe: Shrek the Third Review
  - "The journey is not very exciting, but the destinations are inspired."
Shrek the Third Reviews (Negative)
- New York Post: We're Ogre It (2.5/4)
  - "The torrential downpour of jokes in "Shrek" and "Shrek 2" has dried up to an intermittent drizzle, a comedy London."
- The A.V. Club: Shrek the Third Review (Grade: D)
  - "Sequels usually follow the rubric "same thing as last time, but more." Shrek The Third instead goes for less: fewer jokes, less energy, and toned-down characters reiterating old banter, as if from a half-finished outline of a script that never got its planned punch-up."
- Premiere: Shrek the Third Review (1.5/4)
  - "The second installment in this month's trilogy of threequels, Shrek the Third makes you long for the weepy soap opera that was Spider-Man 3 and actually look forward to the bombastic overkill that will surely be Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. "
- Philadelphia Inquirer: Shrek the Third Review
  - "As far as the adventures of Shrek go, it grieves me to report that the third time is charmless. Swamp Thing, drafted here to succeed the dying king, is adrift. And his film is becalmed."
- TV Guide: Shrek the Third Review (2/4)
  - "Writers Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, Aron Warner and Chris Miller (who also codirected) lay on the pop-culture gags fans of the series have come to expect, but their story is an odd one for a film aimed primarily at small fry. "