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Shrek the Third (2007)
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The first two Shrek movies were packed with fairy-tale send-ups and warm humanity, and proved an absolute delight for young and old alike. The third outing shows signs of franchise fatigue as it struggles with a half-baked storyline in which the grumpy green ogre (voiced by Mike Myers) goes in search of a young King Arthur as heir to the throne of Far Far Away. The breathtakingly innovative wit of the earlier films may be lacking, yet there's still plenty here to enjoy, from Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas's manic double act as Donkey and Puss-in-Boots to some sly, “Once upon a time” in-jokes. But in keeping with the film's less certain direction, entertaining scenes of adorably cheeky baby ogres are upstaged by a blandly mirthless human teenager in Artie (Justin Timberlake), who appears to have been brainstormed by marketing department suits eager to extend their audience demographics. JR
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Running time
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88min
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Animated Fantasy Comedy
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Alternate title
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Shrek 3,
Shrek the Third: King of the Swamp
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Jeffrey Price, Peter S Seaman, Chris Miller, Aron Warner, from a story by Andrew Adamson, from characters created by William Steig
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Theatrical distributor
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Paramount
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UK cinema certificate
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U
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UK cinema release date
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June 2007
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