Rated PG-13 for adult situations and gambling.
Rating: C-
It’s billed as a romantic comedy, but don’t believe the hype. There’s more (boring) scenes of poker than there are of any so-called romance. And I *like* watching poker.
Some slightly funny gambling-related moments (one character completely based on a real person and situation). The problem is that this is a poker movie with a romance side-story, not a romance movie with a bit of poker. In this case, you’ve really got to know when to fold ‘em.
Movie Review: Shrek the Third
Rating: C
It ain’t that great. Kids younger than 7 or so probably won’t understand half of what’s going on, and there are way too many pop-culture references that are really going to date this movie going forward.
I hate to say it, but it really wasn’t …. “charming”… at all.
I had probably 2 good laughs the entire film, and smiled mildly at way too few other portions. Almost took a little nap at one point, too. The first Shrek film IS a classic. 2 and 3, not so much. I think the problem is more with Dreamworks, as this series and Shark Tale both suffered from the same “let’s force the rock-n-roll” into the movie when it really doesn’t need to be there. Watching the Fairy Tale Princesses burning their bras? What’s the point? And seriously, there’s a line in the film that is basically “then there’s poop, some more poop, and poop over there too”.
As one person I was with said, “you can’t have too many poop jokes in a kids’ movie”. In this case, yes – yes, you can.