Funniest and quite possibly best children's movie ever

Rating: 9/10 (24 June 2001)

At the beginning of Shrek, the gags are quite gross. This closed my mind, until Shrek meets the donkey. Then it is a whole movie of laughter, friendship, and romance. Eddie Murphy is the "tour de force" of this movie. His character is well equipped with great lines and hilarious situations, which keeps you laughing through most of the movie. Mike Myers's Shrek is also played well. He represents people that are too afraid of what other people think, so he shuns society as society shuns him. But he begins to forge friendships with the donkey and Princess Fiona, which leads to a fairy tale ending (which I won't give away).
Lord Farquaad is an evil king who needs to be married to become a king. He also evicts all the fairy tale characters out of their homes, and tortures the gingerbread man for information. Cameron Diaz's character of Princess Fiona is a woman who has lived a large portion of her life in a castle guarded by a dragon. She also knows the destiny of imprisoned princesses in fairy tales. They are rescued by a "prince charming" She feels that Shrek and the donkey are scum but they begin to become friends. Even though a recluse and an extrovert are sent on a quest by a midget king to rescue a princess who hates being with the recluse and the extrovert in the beginning, but then they become friends, doesn't sound like too much, it is really a treat for all ages.