2.5 stars

Rating: 6/10 (3 June 2001)

Excellent, cutting edge computer animation is somewhat dulled by a been-there, done-that plot in this film about an ugly ogre (voiced by Mike Myers) and his adventures to save a beautiful princess (voiced by Cameron Diaz). Eddie Murphy, as the voice for the ogre's donkey sidekick, steals the movie and most of its laughs; Diaz terribly miscast as the voice of an appealing princess. Film most clever in its satire on past animated movies, most notably of the Disney brand name.