Good film - but why oh why the accent?

Rating: Null/10 (8 June 2002)

First of all, Shrek is a great film, it's original, and there are scenes that should have you laughing out loud. Of course there are the 'kid's' jokes and the 'adult's' jokes, in a combination that does work. What I don't understand is why Mike Myers feels he has to do a 'Scottish' accent. It's not obligatory for him to do British accents in all his films.

Eddie Murphy, however, is brilliant, and this is of course helped by the fact that he gets all the best lines. He and John Lithgow make up for Myers' slightly odd dialect. I would definitely recommed this film.