Frequently Hilarious But Overrated Nonetheless

Rating: 7/10 (9 January 2002)

Although frequently hilarious, with some brilliant sendups of Disney and Fairy Tales, the basic storyline of "Shrek" is routine and predictable. Character based humor relies almost entirely on Eddie Murphy's donkey character. It will be interesting to see what Dreamworks will do in a sequel, given the dead end denoument and nearly total reliance on Murphy in this one.