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Rating: 2/10 (30 December 2001)

Here is another prime example of a terrible film gaining popularity by fooling the audience into thinking it is cool.
Shrek is a fairly weak and unimaginative fairy tale. It contains some absurd sentimentality but hides it behind lots of cool' and wacky' characters. Shrek is ugly! Amazing! He can therefore be cynical and make funny comments about other people/films. He has no need of a personality because he is ugly  surely one feature is enough for one person? The Princess it tough! Superb! She can therefore have a fight. Its so cool that a woman can do one other thing in a film apart from being a love interest these days. But who ever imagined a woman hitting someone?!? And the Donkey. He is probably the most unfunny character ever. Still, being witless does not necessarily mean the character is bad. Unfortunately, he wipes the floor with Jar Jar Binks in the most irritating character ever awards.
The animation is fantastic and inserts interest into otherwise boring set pieces. The film looks excellent and pretends it is cool. Therein lies its success.