Laugh out loud funny

Rating: Null/10 (16 June 2004)

First of all, there are seldom sequels that are "as good as the original" simply because the "original" WAS the original & the first time the idea of the movie is released. This sequel, for me, stands up to any other. It brings back all of the original cast & has a few surprises too.
Most of you know the story so I will instead do what one reviewer (natebuchik) didn't do: REVIEW THE MOVIE. The movie is so well done, full of fun both for kids & adults. That is one of the biggest reasons for the success of Shrek 1 & 2. The kids will laugh at the hijinxs, farts in the mud, etc. And the adults will laugh at the jokes that will fly right over the kids heads. And the movie spoofs come so quickly I may need to see this 5 more times to get them all. Everything from Mission Impossible to E.T. to Alien. Little details like the bottle with the Love Potion that the Fairy Godmother has with the Roman Numeral 9 on it.
The addition of Puss-- "in boots!" is also fabulous. Funny, cute and a good balance to Donkey. He was even funnier the 2nd time I saw this. I pray that Puss ends up in a 3rd one too. All the voices, from Banderas to Andrews were great. And of course the animation is still so miraculous to look at. You sometimes cannot even tell if it's real (or Memorex? had to put my own "spoof" in too!) or not.
The only fault I could find was that the musical numbers were a bit over done this time around. Sometimes it was just too much. In the first they helped move along the story & add some sweet moments- but in this one, I could've done w/out the last Fairy Godmother song being such a production number. The Fairy Godmother (Jennifer Saunders) by the way was great- very nice singing voice & good speaking voice too. All the other music was fine & sometimes even enhanced it.
In closing, all I can say is, "I can't wait for this to come out on DVD!"