Pixar has nothing to worry about.

Rating: 3/10 (18 May 2001)

There are three things that make a great, animated movie: art, story, and characters. Shrek rates 1 out of 3.
There seems to be a lot of buzz circulating about the great animation in this film. I have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Notice in the film, how the animators can't get the proportions right for Shrek and the Princess. In some shots, he's towering over her. In others, they appear the same size. It's not just camera angles; it's genuinely sloppy work on the part of the animators. If I want to see lazy cartooning, I'll stay home Saturday morning. I don't need to pay $9 for it.
The artists of the film should have chosen realism or cartooning. Instead they seem to have waffled back and forth between the two. There was no sense of consistency.
We've seen this plot, before. Boy meets girl. Boy doesn't like girl. Slowly boy falls in-love with girl. Boy and girl have a falling out. Boy and girl have a dramatic and happy reunion. Throw in some fart, butt, earwax, and toilet gags, and you have Shrek.
Eddie Murphy and Mike Meyers were great to watch. I enjoyed the relationship between the two characters. Their chemistry is Shrek's only redeeming quality.
34/100