Happily N'Ever After Critic Reviews

Colorful, crowd-pleasing toon.Read the full review

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 the 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 the full review

Even Eddie Murphy's endless hyper "Shrek" vamping is more entertaining.Read the full review

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

N'ever was an apostrophe so misplaced, n'ever was the prospect of good cheer so perversely defeated.Read the full review

This is another tired kidsploitation product.Read the 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 the full review