It’s been more than a month since I saw Shrek Forever After, the fourth film in the lucrative Shrek franchise, and as I’ve put off writing this review the details have receded in my mind. And that’s sort of a given, I guess, with a film like this. It’s not meant to stick with you.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Mindless escapism is often just what the doctor ordered. And when it comes to childrens’ movies, you can do far worse than the Shrek films, which at least serve up some legitimate laughs for the grown-ups in the audience.
Still, in a summer movie season that has given us Toy Story 3, it’s hard to accept the premise that animated movies (or kids’ movies in general) should be judged on a different scale.
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