What a giggle.

Rating: Null/10 (4 September 2001)

This movie made me laugh harder than anything for at least the last six months. If you haven't seen it yet, be you adult or child, do your very best to find a cinema still showing it. Trust me, it's worth it.
In a summer of let-downs and bad sequels, it was refreshing to come across a movie as original as Shrek. Completely accessible to both adults and children, Shrek seems to poke fun at anything the writers could think of. The Matrix, Scotsmen and every fairy tale ever written are all in the firing line, and it's all done so very well.
Eddie Murphy is undoubtedly the star of the show with scene-stealing lines that just get better and better. Myers revels in his role as a mad Scottish ogre, and far surpasses his Scotsmen in Austin Powers 2 and So I Married an Axe Murderer. Diaz appears to play it straight, but you get the feeling that she was smiling all the way through.
In summary, a fantastic film that should be seen by everyone as soon as possible.