Screenplay-wise

Rating: 7/10 (26 March 2005)

this sequel is not as funny as Shrek. The writers should have included more comedy and much less of those immediately forgettable awful tunes. Did they insert that crap to make the movie a certain length? Was the film an audition for the actors to try to become singers? Another criticism is all of the continuity lapses. Come on! This is animation! It is relatively easy to review and fix bad continuity in an animated film!
A strong point of the original Shrek was the antics of the fairytale creatures. Except for the attack on the castle, these were sadly downplayed. One improvement was Cameron Diaz' acting, as she admitted in the special feature. In the first Shrek, she sounded like someone reading her lines. In Shrek 2 she was more into the acting procedure. The computer graphics in this sequel set a new standard of excellence. They alone would make this movie highly recommended.