This film is funny.

Rating: 7/10 (20 May 2001)

This is neither a politically correct film nor is it directed solely at kids, a la another animation company that has churned out crap in the past few years.
"Shrek" is a funny, very irreverent piece of film-making that spoofs Disney films (what, they are sacred?) and spins a good yarn, too. The postmodern references are a hoot.
Someone didn't like the Gingerbread Man torture sequence. Why not? It was hysterically funny. And *SPOILER ALERT* The Gingerbread Man's return at the end of the film is a hoot. Yes, there is some bathroom humour in this film, but there are some rapid fire jokes that are howlers. The dialogue crackles and it trusts the adults in the audience to know what is funny.
The kids will like it because although much of the real humour will be way beyond them, the story and the slapstick antics will keep them glued.
This is one of the freshest animation films to come out of Hollywood in years. Of course, you will not like it if you thought "Pocahontas" and "Hunchback" were masterpieces.