Great and witty, fun for the whole family

Rating: 9/10 (15 December 2004)

** Yupp, here be spoilers alright **
Well, last we checked Shrek (Myers) got his princess Fiona (Diaz) and in this sequel they're back! Off to a honeymoon trip, and then they're invited to Fiona's parents. Shrek is hesitant, but Fiona makes sure they go. The parents, King (Cleese) and Queen (Andrews) don't quite expect two ogres to turn up however, and the family reunion is awkward, to put it mildly. And it won't get better when Fiona's Fairy Godmother (Saunders) secretly wants to pair up her own son Charming (Everett) with Fiona, so that her son becomes king (eventually). And there are some clandestine deal between the Fairy Godmother and the King, which actually leads the King to hire a hit-man, or hitcat (Puss in Boots (Banderas)) at least, to take Shrek out. Not the best way to create family happiness. Shrek and Fiona, mostly Shrek in this movies point of view, must fight to keep their love alive.
This is a great movie that anybody, young or old, might enjoy. For the young, a great animated adventure with a lot of familiar characters from fairy tales and stories. For the older audience, there is a great humor and an awful lot of terrific funny references to other movies, series and such. Actually, this is one of the best spoof/parody movies I ever seen. The story is good, but not great. It seems like a lot of the story is written just to cram as much references as possible into it. As it is masterfully done, I can see no fault in that however, but the story itself is not what one remembers from the movie. However, I suspect it is good enough for the younger audience to be happy and not lose interest. The cast and characters are great. Myers reprise his role as Shrek brilliantly, Diaz is great as Fiona once again, Murphy is awesome as Donkey. Cleese, Saunders, Everett and Andrews are good additions, but especially Banderas (perfectly casted) is great as the wonderful character Puss in Boots.
Well, was there more to say? Good humor, greats spoofs, brilliant characters and cast. Ah, throw in good animation as well and you have a totally great funny movie. Go see!
9/10