Making his début on our screen nearly ten years ago, the loveable green ogre is back, this time for his fourth outing. With two phenomenally good opening films ( Shrek and Shrek 2) it was always going to be hard to stretch the story out and make it a success, (shown in the terribly weak Shrek The Third.) But Shrek's back, and this time he's in 3D. Sadly, the wonders of 3D, like we saw in Clash of The Titans, doesn't really help the movie's plot, as Shrek 4 lacks the sparkle that the two first films gave us. With less screen time for both the franchise's most funniest characters, Donkey and Puss in Boots, the film lacks one crucial thing that all successful animated films must, MUST have, and that's adult humour. OK, not smut or dirty jokes, but comic references that make the parents that have been dragged by there children, glad they went, and Shrek was always famous for that, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED? Just because Shrek has toddlers, doesn't mean the film has to be made and treat you like you are one. That's what audiences will notice the most, that and the voice of Rumpelstiltskin, who is voiced by Walt Dohrn, the films lead storyboard artist, originally meant to be voiced by Paul McCartney, the voice is awful (at one point in the film, he does the voice of a witch, in the exact same voice he lends to Rumpel) it really shows (or sounds?) like he has never done a voice over before. The films story is messy, but enjoyable and bearable, all to be fair the film was completely unnecessary. Plus, the lack of folk-sy songs and covers of well known tunes are absent. The film is a disappointment, but it has its moments of pure Shrek-like fairytale magic. Go see it with the kids, they will enjoy it.
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