10/10

Rating: 10/10 (11 March 2019)

There are many movies to the Shrek series: Shrek, Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, and Shrek Forever After. Not to mention the holiday specials for Shrek; but for now, we are going to focus on just the first Shrek. Although they were made for little kids, doesn't mean older kids can't enjoy them too. The story follows a plot that can be fun for the whole family using cartoon and fairy tale characters to absorb smaller kids attention as well.
The movie is about an ogre named Shrek (Mike Myers) who lives in a swamp far away from society; when all of a sudden a bunch of annoying fairy tale characters come running around his swamp. The annoying fairy tale characters had been banished from their kingdom by the evil Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). In order to save everyone's home, Shrek has to journey to the kingdom to strike a deal with Farquaad, to then journey and save Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) for Lord Farquaad to marry. Although, rescuing the Princess may not be as easy as expected because of her dark secret.
"Shrek is completely new. Never has a fully CGI movie taken on the twists, turns, and surprises as Shrek has. It's a full parody of numerous fairytales, and its humor is, well, humor at its best. Grown men will laugh at the jokes of Farquaad's Stature and the hidden meaning behind every little comment." - Smashattack's review on IMDB.
Although this is a kids movie, Shrek can show us that even though there may be obstacles and uphill battles in our life, with determination and trusting in others we can get through our struggles - for instance, after an argument with Donkey and falsely hearing something he thought was about him, he threw a fit, got angry and went home. Since he went home, he would have ended up being late for a wedding, but since he had his friend Donkey there for him, he was able to make it to Fiona's wedding in time.
This is just one of many examples of times where Shrek had to rely on friends and was determined to get what he needed to get done. Although this may be a lesson well laid out for a smaller kid, the humor can apply to all ages from fart jokes to little kids, to adult jokes that go way over the kids head.