No Shrek 2, but pretty darn good

Rating: 8/10 (9 November 2004)

Visually beautiful and a pretty good story. Great idea and very entertaining and fun for the family. Not as funny as Shrek Two, but the animation was incredible. Had sort of a "Spy Kids" feel to it. Overall, a very good movie. The characters were a little too stereotypical. Do we have to see yet another "awkward teen" girl who finds her confidence? She was definitely the most annoying one, but not too much so. At first, I found the animation of the characters a little extreme... they were just all so ugly. But you get used to them after a little while. The scene where they are landing in the Winnebago was fun... one of those things that every family will relate to. Good job overall. My only question is, what is up with the baby turning into the demon thing at the very end?! Surely, they could have come up with something better than that.