One of the many taglines for this movie: What The Shrek Just Happened? In the fourth and supposedly final installment of this animated film series we find our hero wishing for his old life of being a real ogre instead of the domesticated one he has become. We also discover that the king and queen of this fairy tale land were on the verge of signing a deal to save their daughter that would have cost them everything including her happiness.

Shrek is the giant green ogre who has saved the land of Far Far Away on more than one occasion but when he makes a deal to see what life would be like if he wasn't a hero to the people he finds himself in a twisted version of the reality he knew. Donkey is Shrek's best friend whether Shrek wants him to be or not, but now Shrek finds that donkey wants nothing to do with a crazy ogre that will just end up costing him his job with the witches. Princess Fiona is Shreks devoted wife and mother of their three children, but now she is someone who has never known true love and the  leader of an ogre underground devoted to overthrowing the new ruler of Far Far Away. Puss In Boots is a dashing swashbuckling cat, but has now become a overweight lazy version of his former self. Rumpelstiltskin is the cause of all the craziness and is the new ruler of Far Far Away with an army of witches at his disposal and if he can keep Shrek and Fiona from finding true love by dawn then his reign will have no end in sight.

I can say that I enjoyed this movie far more than I enjoyed the third installment. The characters felt new again when they are give the It's A Wonderful Life treatment and we get to see an alternate reality version of them. The ogres living underground gives Shrek new insight on what it is to be an ogre, which is that an ogre is what you are but not who you are. Watching this in 3D was great and the broomstick chase in the battle was a true roller-coaster ride of fun. I rate this movie a Rated T.

P.S.
Stick around during the end credits for a recap of the entire series.