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Shrek the Third

PG·2007·93m

Fantasy

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Fantasy

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Summary

The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. 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, they set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.

Cast

Mike Myers

Shrek (voice)

Eddie Murphy

Donkey (voice)

Cameron Diaz

Princess Fiona (voice)

Antonio Banderas

Puss in Boots (voice)

Julie Andrews

Queen Lillian (voice)

John Cleese

King Harold (voice)

Rupert Everett

Prince Charming (voice)

Eric Idle

Merlin (voice)

Justin Timberlake

Prince Artie (voice)

Susanne Blakeslee

Evil Queen (voice)

Cody Cameron

Pinocchio / Three Pigs (voice)

Larry King

Doris (voice)

Christopher Knights

Blind Mice / Heckler / Evil Tree #2 / Guard #2 (voice)

John Krasinski

Lancelot (voice)

Ian McShane

Captain Hook (voice)

Cheri Oteri

Sleeping Beauty / Actress (voice)

Regis Philbin

Mabel (voice)

Amy Poehler

Snow White (voice)

Seth Rogen

Ship Captain (voice)

Maya Rudolph

Rapunzel (voice)

Amy Sedaris

Cinderella (voice)

Conrad Vernon

Gingerbread Man / Rumplestiltskin / Headless Horseman (voice)

Aron Warner

Wolf (voice)

Jasper Johannes Andrews

Ogre Baby (voice)

Guillaume Aretos

Raul (voice)

Kelly Asbury

Master of Ceremonies / Fiddlesworth (voice)

Zachary James Bernard

Ogre Baby (voice)

Andrew Birch

Evil Tree #1 (voice)

Sean Bishop

Drivers Ed Instructor / Hall Monitor / Teacher (voice)

Kelly Cooney Cilella

Cheerleader / Tiffany / Mother (voice)

Walt Dohrn

Van Student / Xavier / Principal Pynchley / Nanny Dwarf / Evil Knight / Singing Villain (voice)

Dante James Hauser

Ogre Baby (voice)

Jordan Alexander Hauser

Ogre Baby (voice)

Tom Kane

Guard #1 (voice)

Tom McGrath

Gary (voice)

Chris Miller

Puppet Master / Announcer / Mascot / Singing Villain (voice)

Latifa Ouaou

Cheerleader / Guinevere / Woman (voice)

Alina Phelan

Cheerleader (voice)

David P. Smith

Waiter / Evil Dwarf (voice)

Mark Valley

Cyclops (voice)

Kari Wahlgren

Old Lady (voice)

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Chris Miller

Book

William Steig

Characters

Ted Elliott

Characters

Terry Rossio

Characters

Roger S.H. Schulman

Characters

Joe Stillman

Screenplay

Jeffrey Price

Screenplay

Peter S. Seaman

Screenplay

Aron Warner

Story

Andrew Adamson

Reviews

Geronimo1967

January 13, 2025

The King decided that he didn't much fancy this third outing, so conveniently died and left the kingdom to his daughter "Fiona" and her husband "Shrek". Thing is, he'd much rather just stay at home and leave the governing to someone else. "I know", thinks he - let's go and find the legendary "Prince Artie" and see if we can't get him to take the job instead. Off he, "Donkey" and "Puss in Boots" set on their quest, but they don't bargain on the scheming "Prince Charming" who has designs on the throne for himself. It's this latter gent who has cleverly assembled an army straight from the Brothers Grimm to do his fighting, charming and seducing for him. Can our intrepid trio manage to thwart his cunning plan, find the missing prince and get back before "Fiona" has her baby? I actually quite enjoyed this rather derivative adventure, possibly because the annoying donkey takes much lesser a role as their search plays to many other fantasies, a bit of Arthurian myth and has plenty of action to keep it moving along for ninety minutes. It was always going to be more difficult to keep the character fresh after six years, and the writing here isn't quite as witty as we've seen before, but the underlying characters are still quite engaging and the hero/anti-hero storyline did rise a smile from time to time. Maybe Dreamworks ought to take the hint, though, and call it quits now?