A wonderful adventure!

Rating: 9/10 (26 May 2001)

This is a great movie for anyone. It's a story of adventure, danger, love, hate, evil, good, heroes, cowards, ogres and donkeys. All the things that make a fairy tale great! From beginning to end Shrek is packed with great storytelling, humor and beautiful visuals. The voice casting for the characters is absolutely perfect. John Lithgow makes a fantastic villain to Mike Myers' reluctant hero Shrek, Eddie Murphy is predictably hilarious and Cameron Diaz does a superb job giving voice to Princess Fiona. So perfect are the characters and story that within minutes of the movie beginning you will forget that the movie is animated. From the way they walk to their facial expressions, the characters are human (or ogre or talking donkey or gingerbread man).
Moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, godfathers, legal guardians, foster parents... take the kids to see this one! This movie will make them laugh. Even better, this movie will make YOU laugh. In fact, you have to be a grownup to catch all the jokes. Keep an eye out for spoofs of The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon plus cameo appearances by basically every fairy tale character ever created.
If you like a well-told story, great laughs and lots of plot subtleties then don't miss this one. It just won't be the same on your little TV screen if you wait for the home video.
In my opinion this movie is very close to perfect. 9/10.
Go see this one even if you don't have kids! I personally went to see this movie with two other adults and we all had a fantastic time!