A decent sequel.

Rating: 8/10 (3 June 2004)

Sequels tend often to be "more of the same" that you saw in the original. Usually this isn't a particularly good thing, but here in Shrek 2 it's harmless enough fun.
Essentially the story evolves into a "save the wife from the evil sorceress' machinations" deal. The voice acting is good and, much like before, most of the humour comes from Donkey, although he is ably assisted his time round by a new character, Puss (Banderas), who others have rightly said nearly steals the movie.
There are lots of references to other fairy tales, of course, and lots of bit-part appearances by characters from such tales. Also present, we have fond rip-offs of such movies as ET and Ghostbusters, to name but a few.
All in all it's harmless, entertaining fun and not to be taken too seriously. If there's any moral message to the film then it's probably the same as the first film, namely being who you are, not who others want you to be.
A good enough way to spend some time without having to think about anything much.