The live-action martial arts movie The Princess could easily just be another story about one more headstrong princess who doesn’t want to wait around to be rescued. Its fairy-tale tropes could ...

Princess Fiona starts off wanting to lead a traditional ... mask by burping in front of Shrek and then showing off her martial arts skills. Traditional gender roles fly out the window from this ...

The pro-immigrant, multiculturalist bent also serves the plot as it explains the Princess’ martial arts skills. King’s performance is committed, and she sports a finely detailed English accent.

Cameron Diaz's Princess Fiona has been a pillar of the Shrek franchise since the beginning, but Shrek 5could do with giving her a better individual story. Fiona started out as the archetype of a ...