Not as good as everyone says

Rating: 3/10 (4 July 2001)

Shrek is full of too many tired jokes that have been featured in just about every Mike Myers movie. In fairness there were one or two new jokes in this movie but they weren't that funny.
I was looking forward to the "great advances" in animation that this movie had made. To be honest I've seen better overall animation in a PC Video game. The 3D-ish characters were well done but they overlayed on painfully obvious 2D backgrounds that resembled paintings rather than animation. This is almost comparable to what Walt Disney did in the 40's its just that he didn't use the computer to create everything. Toy Story was a much better animation advance than Shrek as everything in it was an integrated design.
If you like bodily function jokes or Mike Myers a lot (or you're under the age of 12) Shrek would be a great movie for you. Otherwise, stay away from this one.