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Shrek Forever After (2010)

This is the kind of family orientated film you end up getting stuck watching during the festive period and you have to wonder if we really need another Shrek film at all. When you get to the fourth instalment of a series you are in serious danger of being accused of just milking the franchise. Obviously they are starting to run out of ideas on where to go here, the first Shrek film was not only funny but a fresh take on the whole idea of fairy tales and kids stories but this is just basically a rip off of It's a Wonderful Life (1946).

There are a few laughs along the way of a simplistic plot and the usual ramming home of “family values” but the good jokes are not really numerous enough to raise this beyond mediocrity. If you are a Shrek fan then there is enough here to make this watch-able otherwise I would not go seeking it out. 3/5