Shrek this ain't. A lacklustre effort hampered by limp dialogue and lazy plotting.
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08/03/07
Happily N'Ever After (2007)
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Reviews Counted:76
Fresh:3
Rotten:73
Average Rating:3.1/10
Consensus: Happily N'Ever After has none of the moxy, edge, or postmodern wit of the other fairy-tales-gone-haywire CG movie it so blatantly rips off.
Theatrical Release:03-08-2007
Synopsis: Set in Fairy Tale Land, this comedy features the heroes and villains of stories from Rumplestiltskin to Sleeping Beauty. The job of the wizard (George Carlin) is to ensure everyone has happy... [More]
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, George Carlin
Director: Paul J. Bolger
Reviews for Happily N'Ever After
Top CriticThe computerised animation is cut-rate; the script keeps piling on clunker jokes that even toddlers will find lame; and Prinze proves he isn’t any better an actor in two dimensions than he is in three.
08/01/07
Top CriticClunkingly obvious.
08/03/07
Top CriticDespite attempts to turn the fairytale genre on its head, the characters are predictable stereotypes.
06/23/08
Top CriticHappily N’Ever After finally arrives, looking like a cheapo knock-off of DreamWorks’ ogre.
08/03/07
The film is so self aware and pseudo hip that it's incredibly annoying. It uses every cutesy "hey look at me" film class 101 trick, including bad narration from Freddie Prinze Jr.
01/05/07
All it lacks is wit, character and laughs.
01/04/07
The only real laughs are supplied by the Seven Dwarfs, who are portrayed as hillbilly garden gnomes.
01/15/07
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.
01/04/07
From the producers of the Shrek series comes this annoying Shrek ripoff, a wannabe fairytale spoof with no imagination.
01/05/07
If children will sit still for 'once upon a time' in a book, why does it all have to be dumbed down (and turned up) for the screen?
01/05/07
The film aims for sassy but lands in soggy, the victim of lazy scripting and pacing.
01/05/07
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.
01/04/07
Top CriticLimping into theaters at the least admirable time of year, the film is a disaster on a scale we may not have seen yet in this genre. That would make it a new low.
01/04/07
Happily N'Ever After is more appropriate as DVD fodder.
01/11/07
When played with stale jokey-jokes and lame one-liners, as it is here, it’s not funny at all.
01/13/07
Tolerable, but far from magical, "Happily N'Ever After" is just another one of what is becoming a genre: Lackluster CGI_animated films.
01/14/07
Not counting derivative, obnoxious, poorly animated, and woefully unfunny, what Happily is most of all is dull.
01/04/07
As an animated film, it may share the bright palette of a Disney feature, but its computer animation lacks the polish and detail of a Pixar film.
01/05/07
Top CriticUnderwhelming.
12/18/06
Top CriticLatest News for Happily N'Ever After
June 23, 2008:
George Carlin: 1937-2008
George Carlin, the award-winning comedian, actor, and author responsible for one of the most groundbreaking routines in the history of American comedy, has passed away at the... More...
April 28, 2007:
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January 19, 2007:
Weaver Joining Cameron's "Avatar"?
Sigourney Weaver is having a busy year: Not only is her voice in theaters now, as the wicked stepmother in "Happily N'Ever After," but she'll also be seen in the... More...
January 11, 2007:
Box Office Guru Preview: Can Sony "Stomp" the "Museum?"
Can Ben Stiller and his living artifacts four-peat at the top of the North American box office, or will one of the new releases take the crown over the four-day Dr. Martin... More...
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