It is quite obvious, nowadays, that when Hollywood has found a successful franchise, they will exploit their cash cow forever even if there is nothing more to tell whatsoever. This year (2011), we have seen it with 'Transformers' and 'Pirates of the Carribean'. Here, it was basically the same issue with Shrek. In my opinion, the first installment was pretty good and the second installment was miraculous good as well, maybe even better. But, eventually, the other two installments were just average and they both didnโt have a really interesting plot at all. Before this movie was released, the makers agreed that the previous installment was rather disappointing and they promised that they would provide some improvement but I wasn't really convinced while watching the damned thing. In fact, for the first time, I even started to find Shrek annoying. Indeed, it was already the fourth movie I watched him moaning and whining about his poor life and, this time, it really started to get on my nerves. On the positive side, the animation still looked good, there were some funny jokes and I really enjoyed this new character, Rumpelstiltskin. To conclude, I have to admit it, it was not bad and fairly entertaining so it is still worth a look, but hopefully, they will leave Shrek alone and move on now with something else.
6/10