Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After (officially marketed as Shrek: The Final Chapter) is a 2010 animated fantasy-family film, and it is the fourth and final film in the Shrek series. It was released in theaters on May 20, 2010 in Russia, on May 21 in the United States, 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 3-D 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.[citation needed] The third and final trailer was attached to Iron Man 2.[citation needed]

The film has received critically mixed reviews with several critics claiming that the film is better than Shrek The Third but does not live up to the instant success compared to Shrek and Shrek2.

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 HaroldQueen Lillian,
desperate to break Fiona's curse, meet with Rumpelstiltskin. He tells
Kind 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. and

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 pitch forks and torches, a boy asks him to roar, and the three pigs eat the birthday cake.
Coupled with the growing 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 talks to Shrek about his
anger and his wish to be a real ogre, overheard by Rumpelstiltskin.
Fiona tells Shrek that he has everything, but does not see it, and
returns to the party.

Walking home, Shrek encounters Rumpelstiltskin, who offers him a day
to feel like a real ogre again, in exchange for a day from Shrek’s
childhood. Suspicious but happy at the prospect of a relaxing vacation,
Shrek signs the contract, and abruptly lands in a world where he is
still feared by villagers. Shrek enjoys causing ogreish mischief before
he sees wanted signs for him and Fiona and discovers that his home has
become a deserted tree stump.
Shrek is attacked by a group of witches and knocked unconscious. Shrek
wakes up in a cage being hauled by Donkey, who does not recognize
Shrek. Shrek is brought to Rumpelstiltskin, king of Far Far Away.
Rumpelstiltskin reveals that the day Shrek traded away was the day he
was born. Since he was never born, Fiona was never rescued, and Queen
Lillian and King Harold signed the contract to make "all of their
problems disappear", causing them to literally disappear; thus,
Rumpelstiltskin took over, and has enslaved the ogre population.
Rumpelstiltskin then reveals that when his day is up, Shrek will be
erased from existence as well. Shrek steals a broom and escapes with
Donkey. Though Donkey is initially afraid of Shrek, he returns when he
finds Shrek crying over his babies' toy. Having never seen an ogre cry
before, Donkey decides to trust him.

Donkey reveals to Shrek the escape clause of Rumpelstiltskin’s
contract: if Shrek receives "True Love’s First Kiss", the contract will
be rendered null and void. After not finding Fiona in the tower, the
two discover a secret community of ogres led by Fiona. Fiona, who does
not recognize Shrek, dismisses his attempts to reconcile with her.
Shrek also finds Puss in Boots,
now Fiona’s pet who retired from swordsmanship and is fat and lazy.
Puss, at first doesn't recognize Shrek, but befriends him when he
realizes Shrek's love for Fiona.

Rumpelstiltskin is to lead the nightly ogre hunt, and Fiona plans to
ambush him. However, Rumpelstiltskin has hired the Pied Piper, whose
magical flute entrances the army of ogres to dance themselves to the
castle (to the song "Shake Your Groove Thing"). Puss and Donkey save
Fiona and Shrek. Shrek and Fiona kiss, but since Fiona does not love
him their kiss is ineffective. Fiona leaves to save the other ogres,
without Shrek, Donkey and Puss.

Rumpelstiltskin announces that whoever brings him Shrek will get
whatever they want with no strings attached. Shrek turns himself in in
return for "all ogres going free". Shrek is imprisoned with Fiona;
since Fiona is a human by day, she was not released, but is moved by
Shrek's sacrifice and she falls in love with him. The two are to be fed
to Dragon,
Donkey's wife in the standard timeline, but Puss, Donkey and the ogres
arrive and battle Rumpelstiltskin’s forces, eventually winning and
imprisoning Rumpelstiltskin.

As Shrek and Fiona escape and the day is almost over, Fiona kisses
Shrek, but he disappears. Fiona remains an ogre as the sun rises, and
realizes that was true love's kiss. The contract is destroyed, the
alternate world falls apart, and Shrek is sent back in time to when he
roared during his kids' birthday. Shrek embraces Fiona, his family and
friends, and remarks that Fiona saved him when they met.

Before the credits, Shrek, his family and friends, including the
ogre army, celebrate the ogre babies' first birthday. At the larger
party, Rumpelstiltskin is held prisoner and tormented by the Piper, and
his pet goose explodes due to Fiona's singing. A curtain falls on the
credits with a montage of clips from Shrek, Shrek 2, and Shrek the Third.

 

 source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek_Forever_After