Sarah Michelle Gellar

"All it lacks is wit, character and laughs."
- Sean Axmaker, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Inexperienced youngsters will be content with Happily N’Ever After, but their parents will recognize a pale, B-movie variation of the far-superior Shrek films."
- Jack Garner, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

"It ain’t Shrek, but it ain’t dreck."
- Kevin Lally, Film Journal International

"In terms of lasting, satisfying flavor, Happily N’Ever After falls somewhere between cardboard and tofu."
- Matt Pais, Metromix.com

"Compared to the best movies of its kind (Shrek), Happily N’Ever After is insipid. Compared to mediocre ones (Hoodwinked!), it’s not very good, either."
- Frank Swietek, One Guy’s Opinion

"The rich detail we’ve come to expect in computer animation is largely absent, suggesting that the filmmakers intended a direct-to-video release for this cleverly written parody."
- M. K. Terrell, Christian Science Monitor

"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."
- James Berardinelli, ReelViews

"A slick piece of computer animation that can be described as a family film only in the sense that it’s a film the whole family will want to avoid."
- Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

"Happily N’Ever After, with its pseudo-Shrekkeries, tries to be too many things — and in too many styles and dimensions — at the same time."
- Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune