Why is Shrek So Popular?

Rating: 4/10 (6 November 2018)

I've never understood the fuss over the Shrek films. They're basically just a series of okay, sometimes irritating, movies that immediately dated themselves the moment upon release. How many times are they gonna crowbar in a Smash Mouth song? How many times are they gonna unnecessarily parody films that were new at the time? Good animated films are timeless, whereas Shrek is nothing more than a product of its time that deserves to fall into the "Oh, yeah, I forgot they made those" category of memory.