2007 · fantasy · adventure · animation
Shrek the Third
Directed by Chris Miller1h 33m2007
After the King of Far Far Away dies, Shrek and Fiona are to succede. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, he and Donkey set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.
Our read: Shrek the Third (2007) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive fantasy · adventure · animation entry — gentle in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle fantasy / adventure, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- gentle
- inventive
- redemptive
- tender
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“You want familiar Shrek chaos, Arthur training gags, and easy family laughs.”
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