Metacritic Movie Ratings
Happily N'Ever After Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 60

  out of 100

  Variety

  Colorful, crowd-pleasing toon.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  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.

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• 50

  out of 100

  ReelViewsJames Berardinelli

  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.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington

  Happily was begun as an old-fashioned 2-D "flat" cartoon and then switched by producer John Williams (of "Shrek") and director Paul J. Bolger to 3-D during production. The style finally is an uncomfortable amalgam of both.

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• 38

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

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

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• 30

  out of 100

  The New York Times

  This is another tired kidsploitation product.

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• 30

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

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

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• 16

  out of 100

  Entertainment Weekly

  Stuffed with stock characters -- the vain prince, the critter sidekicks -- who adamantly stay stock.

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