Lets be honest, it is not that funny.

Rating: Null/10 (24 June 2004)

Lets be honest, it is not that funny. The first half just ambles along, quite slowly as Shrek and Fiona head off to Far Far Away, (bad choice of names. Jennifer Saunders as the fairy queen seems laboured when she says it a couple of times towards the end of the movie). It does get funny at the end thankfully, but if you have seen the trailer, and who hasn't then you have seen most of the funny bits from the first ¾ of the movie. You know a sitcom is in trouble when they bring in annoying characters to save a tired series that should have quit ages ago, normally babies or small children seem to be popular, then a movie that brings in a lame cat to spice it up, oh dear. The references, or homage to other movies was amusing, did anyone pick up the subtle `Bon Apetit' before the feast with the parents notably John Cleese (from the sequence with Mr Creosote in `The Meaning of Life')
Shrek was good, Shrek2 was limited, for all deities in heaven's sake spare us from Shrek3, oh too late I see already in production