The perfect fairy tale for adults!!

Rating: 8/10 (17 July 2001)

Shrek is the name of an ogre who lives in a swamp. He is a grump and hates everyone and would rather be by himself than make any friends. One day though, he discovers that fairy tale characters are flocking to him for protection after he reluctantly saves a talking donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy. In a desperate atempt for Shrek to get everyone away from him, he goes to a midget wannabe King and demands that they remove the vagrants off his swamp land.
The King agrees so long as he rescues a princess and returns her to him so he can marry her. What insues is an Ogre that rescues a damsel that falls for him even though he is an unwilling participant at first, but of course we find out the Ogre has a heart and wants to be with the princess instead of giving her to the King.
In short this movie is hysterical, unique, qwerky, and massively entertaining. Eddie Murphy steals the show as a wisecracking donkey, and the animation is really top notch. Many parodies abound, and the humour is directed more towards adults than it is for children (not that they wouldn't like it) making it more enjoyable.
The perfect fairy tale for adults!!
Rating 8 1/2 out of 10