Just enough satire to make a parent glad he took the kids!

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2001)

Shrek is the Princess Bride turned sideways and on it's head. It takes the old line of beauty being only skin deep one more step, and makes even a six-year-old think about what is really important. The tale is imaginative and satirical. It has just enough comedy over the heads of the youngest audience members for the parents to enjoy the inside joke without having to squirm or explain it to the children.