Spoofy Tale

Rating: Null/10 (23 June 2001)

A rather delightful film, hilarious and clever with the odd vulgar joke now and again. I doubt that the kids will get all the jokes (some of it assumes prior knowledge) but they'll love the motley of fairy tale characters. My favourite character must be the donkey and his non-stop chatter. While watching this, I was reminded of another film with similar intentions, The Princess Bride. To say that the two films are alike would be misleading but Shrek certainly has resonances of the earlier film: the same kind of tongue-in-cheek references to fairy tales that we know and love so well.
A very funny and touching film.