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Shrek Forever After
File:Shrek forever after ver8.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMike Mitchell
Written byWilliam Steig (Book)
Josh Klausner
Darren Lemke
Produced byGina Shay
Teresa Cheng
Andrew Adamson
Aron Warner
John H. Williams
StarringMike Myers
Eddie Murphy
Cameron Diaz
Antonio Banderas
Walt Dohrn
Jon Hamm
Jane Lynch
Craig Robinson
CinematographyYong Duk Jhun
Edited byNick Fletcher
Music byHarry Gregson-Williams
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • May 20, 2010 (2010-05-20)
  • May 21, 2010 (2010-05-21) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryTemplate:Film US
LanguageEnglish
Budget$135[1][2]–$165[3] million
Box office$749,952,787[4]

Shrek Forever After,[5] taglined as The Final Chapter,[6] is a 2010 animated fantasy-comedy film, and it is the fourth installment in the Shrek film series, followed by Puss in Boots. The film is released by DreamWorks Animation and is distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was released in cinemas on May 20, 2010 in Russia, on May 21 in the United States, Pakistan, Canada, India and on May 28 in Vietnam. The film was then released on June 17, 2010 in Australia and Sri Lanka and on July 2, 2010 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[7][8] It was released in 3D and IMAX 3D theaters.[9][10] Although the film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and opened lower than expectations, it remained as the #1 film in the United States and Canada for three consecutive weeks and has grossed a worldwide total of over $749 million, making it a commercial success. Additionally, the film is DreamWorks Animation's highest-grossing film at the foreign box office.[11]

Like the first three Shrek films, the film is based on fairy tale themes.[12]

Plot

The film begins just before Shrek (Mike Myers) and Donkey (Eddie Murphy) rescue Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) in the first film. Desperate to lift their daughter's curse, King Harold (John Cleese) and Queen Lillian (Julie Andrews) meet with con artist Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn), who requests becoming king of Far Far Away in exchange. Just before the deal is contracted, the king and queen learn that Fiona has already been rescued. In the present, a disgruntled Rumpelstiltskin wishes Shrek was never born and seeks revenge.

Meanwhile, Shrek has grown tired of being a domesticated family man and celebrity among the local villagers, leading him to yearn for the days when he felt like a "real ogre." He takes his family to Far Far Away to celebrate his children's first birthday where lots of fictional characters are present. Shrek gets annoyed here when the three little pigs eat the kids' (Farkle, Fergus and Felicia) cake. After he lets out a roar of frustration, the entire crowd cheers. He then smashes up a replacement cake and storms off. He meets Rumpelstiltskin, who offers to give Shrek a day to live like a real ogre again in exchange for a day from his childhood he wouldn't remember being erased. Shrek agrees and signs the contract, and abruptly lands in a world where he is still feared by villagers. He enjoys causing mischief until he finds wanted posters for the ogress Fiona and his home deserted. He is suddenly captured by witches and taken to Rumpelstiltskin, who is now the king of Far Far Away, which has become derelict and uses ogres and even some of Shrek's friends for slave labor.

Shrek realizes that the day Rumpelstiltskin erased was the day he was born, meaning he never existed in this world before and is unrecognized by everyone he knows. Furthermore, when the day ends, Shrek will fade from existence. Shrek escapes Rumpelstiltskin's castle with the enslaved Donkey. Initially terrified of Shrek, Donkey decides to trust him after seeing Shrek cry over his lost past, something he had never seen an ogre do before. After Shrek explains the situation, Donkey helps him find a loophole: the contract will be rendered null and void if Shrek and Fiona share true love's kiss before the day ends. Shrek and Donkey suddenly encounter a band of ogres who have formed a resistance against Rumpelstiltskin. These ogres are led by Fiona, who is still cursed after escaping from the tower where she was held captive, and additionally keeps the retired and overweight Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) as a pet.

Shrek does everything he can to gain Fiona's love, but she is too busy preparing an ambush on Rumpelstiltskin during his nightly ogre hunt. However, the ogres are caught in a trap by the Pied Piper instead and captured. Shrek insists Fiona kiss him, saying it will fix everything, but because Fiona doesn't love him, it is ineffective. Upon hearing that Rumpelstiltskin is offering anything desired by the one who captures Shrek with no strings attached, Shrek turns himself in exchange for all ogres being released, but Fiona remains in custody because she is only an ogre by night due to her curse (i.e., not "all ogre"). Shrek and Fiona are set to be fed to Dragon, but Donkey, Puss and the ogres raid Rumpelstiltskin's castle, allowing Shrek and Fiona to subdue both Dragon and Rumpelstiltskin.

As the sun begins to rise, Shrek begins to fade from existence, but Fiona, having fallen in love with him all over again, kisses him just before he disappears completely, which nullifies the contract and restores Shrek to his world just before he originally lashed out at everyone. Shrek embraces his friends and family with newfound appreciation for everything he has, truly living happily forever after. Template:Shrek chronology

Cast

Main

Supporting

Production

Tim Sullivan wrote the original story Shrek Goes Fourth,[13] but Darren Lemke and Josh Klausner made the rewrites, and Mike Mitchell directed the new installment, replacing Chris Miller, who directed the previous film, while Shrek and Shrek 2 are both directed by Andrew Adamson.[14] Also, all the principal cast members reprised their roles.[15]

On November 25, 2009, DreamWorks Animation announced that the Shrek series would conclude with Shrek Forever After.[16]

Reception

Critical reception

Shrek Forever After received mixed to positive reviews with several critics claiming that the film is better than Shrek the Third but is not as good as compared to Shrek and Shrek 2. Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 58% of critics have given the film a positive review, based on 178 reviews, with an average score of 5.9/10.[17] Its consensus states "While not without its moments, Shrek Forever After too often feels like a rote rehashing of the franchise's earlier entries." [17] Among Rotten Tomatoes' Cream of the Crop, which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television, and radio programs,[18] the film holds an overall positive rating of 67% based on 9 reviews.[19] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated an average score of 58 based on 34 reviews.[20]

Pete Hammond of Boxoffice gave the film 4.5 stars out of 5 writing "Hilarious and heartfelt from start to finish, this is the best Shrek of them all, and that's no fairy tale. Borrowing liberally from Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, this edition blends big laughs and emotion to explore what Far Far Away might have been like if Shrek never existed." [21] James Berardinelli of Reelviews awarded the film 3/4 stars stating "Even though Shrek Forever After is obligatory and unnecessary, it's better than Shrek the Third and it's likely that most who attend as a way of saying goodbye to the Jolly Green Ogre will not find themselves wishing they had sought out a more profitable way of spending 90-odd minutes." [22] Writing her critique for Entertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwarzbaum graded the film a B- claiming "Everyone involved fulfills his or her job requirements adequately. But, the magic is gone, and Shrek Forever After is no longer an ogre phenomenon to reckon with." [23] Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers wrote "This is a fun ride. What’s missing is the excitement of new interpretation."[24] Mary Pols, film critic for Time, concluded her review with "Can an ogre jump a shark? I think so."[25] Giving the film 1 star out of 4, Kyle Smith of New York Post wrote that "After the frantic spurt of fairy-tale allusions and jokes in the first three Shreks, this one inches along with a few mostly pointless action scenes and the occasional mild pun."[26]

Box-office performance

Shrek Forever After earned $238,736,787 in the United States and Canada and an additional $511,216,000 overseas giving the film a worldwide gross of $749,952,787. This makes Shrek Forever After the second-highest grossing animated film in 2010 worldwide, behind Toy Story 3, and places it as the 37th highest-grossing film of all time worldwide as well as the fifth highest-grossing film of 2010 worldwide behind Toy Story 3, Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, and Inception.[4][27] Its worldwide total is much higher than the original Shrek, which grossed $484.4 million worldwide.[28] Additionally, in the foreign box office, having made $511.2 million it has out-grossed its two predecessors, Shrek the Third which grossed $476.2 million and Shrek 2 which grossed $478.6 million becoming the highest-grossing Shrek movie overseas. It is also Dreamworks Animation's biggest foreign hit at the box office as well as the fourth highest-grossing animated film at the overseas box office.[29]

United States and Canada

Having it as the widest release for an animated film playing in 4,359 theaters (later expanded to 4,389) on May 21, 2010, on opening day in the U.S. and Canada, the film took #1, grossing $20,802,341. This was far less auspicious than the opening days of the last two Shrek films. The film then opened in three days with $70,838,207, lower than box-office analysts predictions of a $105 million opening[30] and also lower than the two previous films, Shrek 2, which opened with $108 million back in 2004 and Shrek the Third, which opened with $121 million back in 2007. However, it's far bigger than the original Shrek, which opened with $42 million back in 2001, and is also the fifth-biggest opening for a 2010 film in the United States and Canada behind Iron Man 2, Harry Potter 7: Part 1, Alice in Wonderland, and Toy Story 3.[31] Anne Globe, head of worldwide marketing for DreamWorks Animation, said they were happy with the film's opening since it debuted at #1 and also had the fifth best opening for an animated film at the American and Canadian box office behind Shrek the Third, Toy Story 3, Shrek 2, and The Simpsons Movie.[32]

In its second weekend, Shrek Forever After dropped only 38.9%, the third smallest second-weekend drop for the franchise (behind the original Shrek which gained 0.3% and Shrek 2 which dropped 33.2%) and was #1 for two weeks in a row with $43,311,063, ahead of the two highly-anticipated films Sex and the City 2 and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The film then grossed $13,749,371 on Memorial Day bringing its four-day weekend total to $57,060,434.[33][34] In its third weekend Shrek Forever After dropped only 41.2% and was #1 for the three weeks in a row with $25,486,465, beating out the new releases Get Him to the Greek, Killers, Marmaduke, and Splice.[35] Shrek Forever After came in third place to The Karate Kid and The A-Team during its fourth weekend at the box office, but it delivered a higher-grossing weekend than Shrek the Third. The film made $15,770,491, down only 38.1%, compared to Shrek the Third's $15,317,614 and also had the franchise's smallest fourth-weekend drop.[36]

Its $238.7 million total makes it the eighth highest-grossing film of 2010 in the U.S. and Canada.[37] The film is also Paramount's tenth highest-grossing film at the American and Canadian box office (unadjusted for inflation),[38] though Shrek Forever After still remains the lowest-grossing Shrek film in these regions. Executives at Dreamworks Animation were also impressed with the film's $238.7 million gross in North America since it was the fourth film in a series seemingly outgrown by its fans.[39]

Other territories

In Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, its highest-grossing market after the U.S. and Canada, it had a $19,655,930 opening weekend -second on the all-time chart behind Avatar's $19,732,998- and earned $51,362,770 in total, again ranking second on the all-time chart behind Avatar's $117,051,365.[40] Third in terms of total earnings came the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta, where it opened with £8,955,554 ($13,609,851) and finished its box-office run having grossed £31,106,087 ($51,056,068) and landing in fifth place for 2010 after Toy Story 3, Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Alice in Wonderland and Inception.[41] In France and the Maghreb region, it had the fourth-best opening for a 2010 movie ($11,470,044) and ultimately earned $46,616,337 to become 2010's second highest-grossing movie behind Deathly Hallows: Part 1.[42] It also ranked #1 among 2010 films in many territories around the world, especially Europe. Some of these countries are Poland ($17,262,308), Portugal ($6,323,776), Hungary ($3,255,213), Slovakia ($1,570,982), Uruguay ($710,999), Lithuania ($675,504), Croatia ($606,649), Latvia ($582,385) and Estonia ($499,121).

Awards and nominations

Award Category/Recipient(s) Result References
Teen Choice Awards 2010 Choice Movie: Animated Film Nominated [43][44]
Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards 2010 Fave Movie Nominated [45]
37th People's Choice Awards Favorite Family Movie Nominated [46]
38th Annual Annie Awards Animated Effects in an Animated Production Nominated [47]
Music in a Feature Production Nominated [48]
Voice Acting in a Feature Production (Cameron Diaz) Nominated [49]
Storyboarding in a Feature Production Nominated [50]
Production Design in a Feature Production Nominated [51]
2011 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Animated Film Pending [52]
Favorite Voice From An Animated Movie (Eddie Murphy) Pending [53]
Favorite Voice From An Animated Movie (Cameron Diaz) Pending [54]

Home media

The film was released on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack on December 7, 2010.[55] As of January 23, 2011 the DVD has sold 3,054,987 copies and has made $53,775,571.[56] Shrek Forever After is also included in Shrek: The Whole Story, a box set released on the same day that included all four Shrek films and additional bonus content.[55]

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