A modern animated parable:too good to be true

Rating: 10/10 (21 September 2005)

Wow! Shrek won't let you stop laughing/crying. This is a movie that never gives you a single slack moment, interspersing the absurdly hilarious with the deeply touching.
Eddie Murphy is, well, Eddie Murphy, as brilliant as ever. If you see the talking donkey, you will wonder if it's actually Eddie Murphy acting in a suit. I believe the donkey (who is referred to throughout the movie as simply Donkey) is the greatest animated character in History, even considering Disney.
The ending, though perhaps a tad bit allegorical, delivers a moral well suited to and much needed in modern times. I will not give it away, except to say that it is a message that traditional fables never express, usually contradict.
The original music score is sheer brilliance, for example "Halla Louia". The quality of animation, keeping true to DreamWorks standards, is excellent.
Overall, It's one of the greatest animations of all time, in the same rank as classics such as Fantasia, Beauty and the Beast etc. I'm surprised to see it rated lower than Finding Nemo.