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Shrek Forever After

Written by Jonathan Jacobs

There are five things in life I know for sure. #1 Monday is chest day at the gym. #2 I will always miss the New England snowfall. #3 Being a professor was the happiest I have ever been while working. #4 I love Charmaine Saratan. Finally, and for the purpose of this article most importantly, #5 Shrek (the first) set a new standard for animated movies that ironically failed only with its sequels.

Shrek Forever After is one of the biggest disappointments any franchise has seen in the modern era. It is never easy following in the footsteps of greatness but in this Newtonian spoof the apple has fallen on a different planet than the tree. This is the fourth and final Shrek and regrettably so. Instead of going out with a bang we failed to even hear a whimper. Forever After is a children’s film. Yes people, I understand the previous three were not exclusively for adults but the humor, slapstick and classic one-liners parodied our favorite nursery rhyme, fairy tale and childhood cartoon characters beautifully. This new Shrek seeks to redeem his inner ogre but instead makes the audience the ones who say "oof".

Shrek was never meant to be a remorseful father that learns a life lesson on account of feeling the pressures of being a father, husband and celebrity all packaged into one unruffled beast. That much is clear. Signing his life away for some respite from the onslaught of daily responsibilities is a weak premise and almost as flimsy as the contract drawn by "G-Rumpelstiltskin" is. Isn’t it fascinating that in sequels that fail miserably (see Iron Man 2 for details!) the supporting cast of characters are the ones who bring life to the show and not the beloved originals? The star of the show is Grumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn) whose amazing charisma makes the cleverly diabolical character come to life to dazzle us all.

I laughed (yes this is true, I tabulated during the show) an estimated 3.5 times. Two of those laughs came from Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and 1 from Fat Puss (Antonio Banderas). Is there any doubt they were meant for these roles? The humor in part 4 is like an absentee landlord, never there when you really need him. The jokes are not biting or edgy and they rarely connect. Any attempts at humor are obvious and overplayed for the benefit of the kids. As I mentioned before, this is a children’s film that purports to be a light-hearted morality tale, or a lesson for the suffering parents who take their children to see this picture. Worst of all, the lesson is unoriginal. Fathers should stop complaining their wives and children and jobs are overwhelming? I suppose they could if balancing kids, work, a marriage and an ever-growing stack of bills were an easy collection of responsibilities to manage.

Watching Shrek Forever After at the IMAX and in 3D should have added spice to the prosaic batter. It added nothing but more humdrum doldrums. This is the first 3D movie I have seen where the effects are meaningless and do not in any way shape or form enhance the show. Our hero Shrek is again outsmarted and by a villain adults will likely fancy to win. Particularly since Grumpelstiltskin’s sidekick is the one and only Mother Goose (honk, honk, the noise which I qualify as the final laugh or .5). The entire allure of Shrekdom is that the cartoon imagery and characters are nice for our children while the humor is sophisticated enough to be understood only by adults. This has always been Shrek’s killer one-two punch. Take away the humor and we have a film that will appeal only to elementary school students. Since when does a franchise hit the reset button for the final installment? Maybe we should turn Shrek into a Japanese anime character who really kicks ass.