Green and Big

Rating: 6/10 (7 November 2001)

A bit too many scary or serious movies put me in the mood for something sillier, and this fitted the bill nicely. Wonderful animation starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and John Lithgow. The story of a grumpy ogre who rescues a princess in return for the deeds to his land from the reigning Lord. He falls head over heels for the princess with some interesting results. A movie that can be enjoyed equally by children as well as adults, but for different reasons. The gags are the same but depending on your age, you may see them differently. If you haven't seen it, I won't spoil the ending for you. Could win awards for it's sparkling animation but that's about all as I'm sure it wouldn't be deemed worthy by the Academy for anything else, though Eddie Murphy playing a jackass was quite superb. Very enjoyable in a throwaway kind of way. Been there, done that, what next?