I've Seen it Twice in 2 weeks & will see it again soon - I LOVED it!

Rating: 10/10 (18 June 2001)

I give this one a 10 because everything about it was excellent in my book. The imagination, the intelligence, the music, the visuals such a delight for the eye, the fun, the humor, the warmth of the characters, and the beautiful thought that one can be loved for something other than physical beauty. I am a mentor for grade school children and I just cringe when children want to read Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella because these stories place such importance on the fact that the heros and heroines are physically beautiful people and villains are portrayed as ugly. When the little girls look up at me, I can see the looming question in their eyes "Am I beautiful?". Of course, I am quick to assure them that they are. But the fact is most of them aren't and never will be even close to Fairy Princess beauty. Reading fairy-tales and watching films and television, I too often find myself wishing society would give these children a fighting chance for self confidence by teaching them to appreciate each other more for who they are rather than their lovely long blonde hair and perfect, sensual physique. Shrek is a movie I would be proud to show an impressionable child or an intelligent adult who recognizes the product of an extremely talented group of film makers when they see it. A special "Bravo!" to Randy Cartwright.