Hilarious comedy for adults (at least)

Rating: Null/10 (20 May 2001)

OK, I admit, I didn't watch this movie looking to see it as a kid, or if it was made for kids. Hell, I'm practically a kid myself (although from some of the movies I've seen, you never could tell). This movie made me laugh out loud, and I loved almost every minute of it. It was a great slaying of the traditional fairy tale, and of Disney and everything else. And, yes, it is a dark movie in parts.
Comments have included the facts that Riverdance parodies are tired, and why the song "All-Star?" Well, first, Riverdance parodies may be just hitting the kid level (last year, it may have seemed tired in Scary Movie [to me], but kids shouldn't have seen that one). Kids get things that are more popular nowadays, and they hold onto it for annoyingly longer periods of time. Look at the phenomenon of the Nickelodeon's embrace of Baja Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out." That was still being played long after I had grown tired of hearing it at frat parties.
However, the best parts are in the beginning, especially. The dark twists on every fairy tale that you know (and maybe even some I didn't), were just great. The rest of the movie was pretty good too, but Donkey got annoying at times. That may have been the point. I dunno, but I highly recommend this one for adults, especially if you like your comedy slightly tainted. If you don't mind poking fun at dear things a little, and having fun. Check this one out.
8/10