Computer animation and toilet humour unite!

Rating: Null/10 (11 July 2001)

I'm not a prude, far from it, but even I found certain elements of the film disgusting and unwarrented. Especially for a childrens film.
Exibit A: Donkey urinates on a fire to put it out. Exibit B: Shrek farts in a pond, killing natural wildlife. Exibit C: Shrek farts, burps, etc. throughout the rest of the film.
Normally I wouldn't mind, but there's no other humour in this flick. Apart from the "Gingerbread Man" scene. Other attempts are poor at best, for example: the "Robin Hood" scene, and crime on crime, he's doing the riverdance and is french (?!?!).
Shrek wins the accolade of, "Having the most predictable ending since The Sixth Sense". Formulaic is this films middle name.
On to the acting, it's not awful to say the least, apart from Mike Myers awful Scottish accent (even worse than in Austin Powers 2). John Lithgow is superb as usual, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy surpassed themselves.
So then: to summerize, take your children to this film if you don't mind them laughing constantly as the main characters: fart, burp and urinate.