A perfect film

Rating: 10/10 (27 May 2001)

I just got home from seeing it and I'm still flying! Oh, man, I have not laughed so hard at a flick in months.
SHREK is one of those flicks where, upon later examination, you can identify the pop culture references used to generate the humor. Do NOT try to do this while watching the film the first time. Besides, the film won't let you! Just when you think you're onto the creators' jokes, they throw a whole new angle at you, pulling in material from an unexpected source and sending you into asthma-inducing gales of laughter.
One thing, SHREK does strike me as a spiritual kin of Austin Powers, with the broad comedy masking a surprisingly touching core story about the search for love.
One last thing-- as you watched the film, you noticed (and soon last count of) all the fairy tale and medieval myth references. One that may have escaped you-- Farquar has Prince Valiant's head.....