Happily N'Ever After

Putting a spin on classic fairy tales is nothing new, and unfortunately that's just what the "Shrek"-lite animated feature Happily N'Ever After brings to the big screen.Read Full Review »

This movie is the worst kind of offender: it thinks its funny and clever, but it is neither. The filmmakers have mistaken banality for wit and silliness for humor, and that doesn't begin to address how visually clunky this motion picture is.Read Full Review »

Who would have thought an animated comedy satirizing the predictable nature of fairy tales could be so grim?Read Full Review »

This is another tired kidsploitation product.Read Full Review »

Winds up answering the question of what "Shrek" hath wrought, and between its plastic-looking visuals and cynical attitude, the news isn't good. Lacking the genuine wit and humanism of that film and any number of forebears, this one deserves its dumpin'.Read Full Review »

A pallidly "hip" revision of classic fairy tales that would be better told straight up if anyone had the nerve. It will divert small children, but so will a brightly colored object if you twirl it.Read Full Review »

Happily N'Ever After carjacks "Cinderella" and puts her wicked stepmother behind the wheel.Read Full Review »

Director Paul J. Bolger and screenwriter Rob Moreland have drained the affectionate wit out of the Shrek franchise's satire, giving us instead a barely sketched out story line and quantities of unimaginative CGI.Read Full Review »

Stuffed with stock characters -- the vain prince, the critter sidekicks -- who adamantly stay stock.Read Full Review »