A New Journey: An Adults View

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2001)

When looking at the previews for Shrek, I thought it was going to be an animation blast, but at a child's mentality. Was I wrong! The film looks at the other side of life: That of the ogre who lives alone and is happy yet missing something. What that is, you decide for yourself. Shrek plays the part of the ogre for the village, scaring them away from his home. He does so with humor and wit, yet never forgetting that he will always be seen as the horrible, green monster that he is.
Also, the humor in this movie is "layered" for all ages, so you can see that their is more to "Shrek" than meets the eye.
It takes a Donkey, a quest, and a Princess, to make Shrek see that he is more than just what people see. He is a friend, a hero, and a knight in "small" armor, that makes this movie more than your average fairy tale.