Funny, but not as good as the original

Rating: Null/10 (16 July 2004)

I think this is one of the best films of the summer so far, however, despite looking forward to it, I found it was not as funny or as original as Shrek. All the characters were there but something was missing: heart and original humour. Mike Myers as Shrek was excellent as usual, Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots was great, the fairy Godmother was good too, but Eddie Murphy as Donkey was irritating rather than funny. Where the original film broke new ground this one simply went over the old ground covered in the first film. Don't get me wrong it was good, but something was missing in Shrek 2. If the studio is going to make Shrek 3 it will have to be better than this - but I'll probably go and see it anyway.