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The team is back: Mike Meyers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas along with newcomer Justin Timberlake as Artie (though we'll see how long that will last). As Donkey and Puss, Murphy and Banderas are the catalysts for quick laughs, while Shrek and Fiona have more serious matters to ponder. Differences in the sexes are certainly played up this time around. Whereas Shrek tries to shirk his responsibilities of impending fatherhood and as future ruler of Far Far Away by kidnapping young Artie to rule the land, Fiona gathers strength. The film manages to poke a few more holes in the Disney classics bubble by bringing together Cinderella, Snow White and Rapunzel as Fiona organizes them against Prince Charming's coup détat by motivating them to be more than just princesses. One of the film's funniest scenes is Snow White singing in her usual Snow White chirp and moving on to Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" when she's ready to take action. It's hard to imagine this film being all that interesting for kids since there are enough references to Hollywood to make it seem like the writers of Entertainment Tonight wrote the script (and maybe they are as no less than 8 writers worked on this). For all its lack of action (since most of the characters are slackers), Shrek the Third does feature some great sequences, notably Shrek's surreal baby nightmare, which seems like a slight wink to Being John Malkovich. But why would kids care about an ogre freaking out about having a child? Or Led Zeppelin? Or a hippy Merlin? Again, what's the attraction other than amassing another set of toys from Happy Meals? In the beginning Shrek and Fiona fell in love. Then he met her parents. Now they have ogre babies and just enough time to start to hate each other. So what might Shrek the Fourth entail? Will ambitious and headstrong Fiona seek a divorce as she butts heads with her swamp-loving loafer of a husband? Only time will tell. 
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