Shrek

Rating: 9/10 (17 March 2005)

If you liked Toy Story as a computer animated film, you'll like this. A fairytale never told about an ogre called Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers). He has lived in his swamp for a long time. Then one day he stumbles on Donkey (loud-mouthed Eddie Murphy). They do not get on that well together at first but they become better friends as the film goes on. When Shrek's swamp becomes crowded with fairytale people and creatures Shrek goes to Lord Farquaad's castle. Farquaad (John Lithgow) is the one who made them go there. But the Lord is too busy trying to become King, to do this he decides to make a deal with Shrek to let him have his swamp back if he rescues Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) from a lava surrounded, dragon guarded castle. After he had done this he Shrek had started to have a special relationship with the Princess, until eventually they had fallen in love. A charming story with some good comedy moments. It won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. It was number 2 on The 100 Greatest Family Films, and along with the sequel, both were number 6 on The 100 Greatest Cartoons. Very good!