Excellent sequel, as good as the original

Rating: 10/10 (13 May 2004)

After coming out of the screening of Shrek 2 today with my roommate, who writes movie reviews for a local paper, she sighed "I can't think of anything to say. It's so hard to write reviews of the good movies. It is much easier to trash the bad ones."
She has her work cut out for her. Shrek 2 is smart, extremely funny and comes across with just as strong a message as the first movie. Shrek and Princess Fiona are invited to her parent's castle in the kingdom of Far Far Away so that they can meet her new husband. The entire kingdom is astonished and upset to find that their little princess has grown up to be a happily married ogre. Shrek and her father face off, and Fiona is hurt by how little Shrek is willing to change to make her happy. It takes off from there.

The spoofs in the movie are marvelous, the old characters return in great form, and the new ones are just as entertaining. Especially good is Puss in Boots, who gets some of the best lines in this movie.
Shrek 2 follows in the footsteps of its predecessor as an animated movie that offers as much - if not more - for the adults in the audience. All the inside jokes and references make it a wonderful movie for any group of people to see. Full marks all the way!