A comedy's comedy

Rating: 9/10 (17 June 2001)

What a remarkable piece of work is Shrek! Stunning fairy tale fantasy conception and animation bring to life a new story that has all of the elements of the old ones (with terrific cameo appearances) plus a few of its own.
The scenes, characters and voices almost make us forget that we are not watching flesh and blood, and materialize a world that our dreams sometimes visit.
Many comedies are poorly classified as such, since so few deliver more than an occasional titter. But this multi-level effort delivers plenty of sustained laughs for all ages.
Mike Myers as the lead voice, the ogre Shrek, affects for some reason a Scottish accent, which left me thinking of him as a slightly larger and somewhat greener Robbie Coltrane - but he builds a believable character nonetheless. Eddie Murphy's Donkey is very mouthy, as one might expect, but still pleases rather than irritates.
If you like to laugh and enjoy being taken to another world this is a movie not to miss.