Funny, but not satirical enough

Rating: 8/10 (14 January 2002)

This movie was recommended to me by a number of people, who all told me how great it was at making fun of Disney movies and other cartoon cliches. Well, although "Shrek" certainly makes some fun at Disney, that alone doesn't make it such a great movie. In fact, I was a bit disappointed at how little satire there actually was in this movie. Also, by the end of the movie it succumbs to the very same romantic cliches found in every Disney movie, which I hoped Shrek would avoid.
But as a whole, I think there are still enough jokes left in this movie to make it great! Especially the donkey, voiced by Eddie Murphy, provides great comic relief and proves that Murphy can actually be funny, after the "Nutty Professor" and "Dr. Dolittle" debacles. Cameron Diaz is charming as ever, but I never liked Mike Myers and this movie didn't change that.

Finally, this movie has absolutley beautiful special effects. All in all it's a solid comedy with great voice acting, but it's not the definite "Disney-killer" or something, because it fails in the satire department.
*** out of ****