Shrek and the Mid-Life Crisis

It seems that Hollywood has decided to do away with trilogies and make quadrilogies instead. Why make money on a movie three times when you can make it a fourth time and milk it for what ever its worth? You don't need to come up with another original idea, the fans are already in place, just produce something, it doesn't even need to be good and people will still watch it. That's the feeling I got when I heard the fourth installment of Shrek was coming out.

Shrek the Third wasn't all that good. It wasn't as funny as the first two and was a little draggy. Now they are at it again, so I went to the cinema with very low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised though. Although it might not be as good as the first two Shreks it was definitely better than the third. Available in Tru3d, like most 3D movies you shouldn't sit too far away from the screen to get the full effect.

Without giving too much away, Shrek Forever After: The Final Chapter is basically about Shrek having a bit of a mid life crisis. Like how most guys in their 40s suddenly want to date younger women and go out partying, Shrek longs to be a feared ogre once again. People now ask him to sign their pitchforks and do the Shrek roar just for fun.

Tired of being a mascot he then makes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin to be an ogre for a day. The catch is to get a day you need to give up a day. So you can pretty much guess what day Rumpelstiltskin decides to take. Shrek then gets thrown into an alternate reality where he never existed. Rumpelstiltskin is now king, ogres are now hunted, Fiona is the ogre leader, Puss is fat and Donkey, well is donkey.

Shrek then realises that he didn't know what he had till he lost it. Just like those guys in their 40s who have that mid life crisis and their wives finally throw them out. Bet they wished they listened to Kanye West and hollered "We want prenup!" when they had the chance.

Lucky for Shrek though when he signed the contract, like all Rumpelstiltskin contracts there is always an exit clause. So can Shrek get out of his contract before his time is up and save everyone? Its Shrek, what do you think?

All in all it was pretty entertaining and I while I felt this grumpy green ogre was perhaps stretching his on screen time I am going to miss this franchise. Watch it in 3D on a day you need a feel good movie.

My movie review rating: 3.5/5

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