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Shrek Forever After

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Shrek Forever After, taglined as Shrek: The Final Chapter, is a 2010 animated fantasy-family film, and it is the fourth and final installment in the Shrek film series. It was released in cinemas on May 20, 2010 in Russia, on May 21 in the United States, Pakistan, Canada, India and on May 28 in Vietnam. It was released on June 17, 2010 in Australia and Sri Lanka and on July 2, 2010 in the United Kingdom. It was released in 3-D and IMAX 3D theaters.

Like the first three Shrek films, the movie is based on fairy tale themes. The trailer was attached with Avatar. The second trailer was released online on March 12, 2010 and then attached with 3D showings of Alice in Wonderland and then with How to Train Your Dragon.



Plot

The film begins with the magic deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin reading from a book called "Shrek Forever After", which tells of what happened just before Princess Fiona’s rescue by Shrek during the first film. King Harold and Queen Lillian, desperate to break Fiona's curse, meet with Rumpelstiltskin. He tells King Harold he will end Fiona's curse in exchange for the throne. Harold is about to sign the contract, but one of the king's servants bursts in and word comes that Fiona has been rescued, causing King Harold to rip the contract in half. In the present, a disgruntled Rumpelstiltskin tears pages of the "Shrek Forever After" book out and is kicked out of the library. He then wishes Shrek was never born, vowing vengeance.

Shrek has grown tired of being a celebrity and his overwhelming family and friends, as well as feeling that he is not a “real ogre” anymore. At the ogre babies' first birthday, fans ask Shrek to autograph pitchforks and torches, a boy named Butterpants and his father ask him to roar, the three pigs eat the birthday cake, and the ogre babies get cranky. Coupled with the little frustration of his repetitive home life, Shrek roars in frustration and everyone applauds. Moments later, he then smashes a new cake and angrily leaves. Fiona confronts Shrek about his anger and his wish to be a real ogre, overheard by Rumpelstiltskin. In a fit of frustration, Shrek confesses that sometimes he wishes his life was like it was before he rescued her. Hurt, Fiona tells Shrek that he has