'Outdone themselves': Mike Myers crowns the best Shrek movie of all time
Mike Myers has crowned a favorite in the Shrek franchise — but which film takes the throne?
In a new chat with Deadline, Mike Myers didn’t just say he’s happy to be back in the swamp — he’s calling Shrek 5 a personal high point. The actor says the new script floored him and that the team behind it “really outdid themselves.”
“The script is so great. This might be my favorite one of all of them,” Myers told Deadline.
“They’ve really outdone themselves. It’s just been a joy. I can’t wait for people to see it.”
The mainline series hasn’t had a new chapter since 2010’s Shrek Forever After, which was marketed at the time as the “final chapter.” In the years since, the world of Far Far Away stayed alive on the big screen via Puss in Boots spinoffs, and a fresh trailer for the new movie has already kicked up a lot of curiosity about where the story goes next.
What Myers is saying
Myers told Deadline it was “so much fun” slipping back into the ogre’s voice — a voice he famously retooled with a now-classic Scottish accent late in the process on the first film. He praised the filmmakers as brilliant and said the heart of Shrek has always been a character who doesn’t love himself learning to do exactly that, calling it an “eternal” theme. Asked if there’s more story to tell beyond this movie, he said there always is.
How the earlier movies stack up
While Myers is bullish on the new chapter, the franchise ’s existing films still set a high bar. Here’s where they land, based on long-running fan sentiment and the series’ own milestones:
- Shrek 2 — Often crowned the standout, thanks in part to the debut of Puss in Boots and turning Far Far Away into a full-on playground.
- Shrek — The original swamp-set fairy-tale send-up that launched it all and won the first-ever Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish — Lauded for a more mature spin on fear and aging; many call it the franchise’s best since Shrek 2.
- Shrek Forever After — Sends Shrek into an alternate reality where he was never born.
- Puss in Boots — An origin story for the feline outlaw that clawed past $550 million worldwide.
- Shrek the Third — A box-office hit that still ranks as the weakest entry for a lot of fans.
With that lineup behind it, Myers says the new film clears the bar — and, as far as he’s concerned, there’s always more story to tell with this ogre.