wonderful fractured fairy tale

Rating: 9/10 (28 May 2001)

This is a terrific movie. It's sweet, very funny, and has a lyrically satiric edge. I think that it will become a classic. The cast is excellent (especially Eddie Murphy in the role of the talking donkey), and the animation is state of the art (although that will change in a few minutes). The movie is great fun both for kids (my 6 and 10 year old daughters loved the movie) and for adults (my dad and both liked it very much, too). I don't believe that it's necessary to recap the plot, but it gives the movie lots of chances to have fun with fairy tales, and they do. There are so many hilarious moments that some of them are things that happen in the background without any notice by the main characters.