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Once upon a time, there was a movie for little boys and girls...
And all their parents loved it, and the hero was a gross big old ogre who lit his earwax candles on fire and the heroine was a skinny pretty princess of a girl who... well, if anyone hasn't actually seen it, I'll try not to spoil it. It's got it all. Young boys will identify with Shrek. Young girls will identify with Fiona. Everyone will groan at Donkey. Adults of all stripes will be impressed at the deftness with which adult and children's comedy is mixed into a family movie that isn't a sugar and syrup mess... this is witty, sharp, romantic, and goofy. Really, really impressive.

NEVER A DULL MOMENT
As with "Ice Age," I found myself watching and re-watching this new, animated epic which has quickly become a favorite of our family -- children and adults alike. For some reason, my wife thought this film might be too "mature" for our youngest [age 3] to enjoy appropriately, but like "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", the adult jokes go over the toddlers' heads without so much as an expectant look. Part of what makes this film so good is the way it lampoons the usual cliches. Somehow in the process, Shrek seems to avoid those overdone, tired cliches by suspending our disbelief and redefining the genre in a way we may not have expected [for a change] and moving the power of the story up a notch, keeping pace with the soaring technologies and budgets now available to bring these epics to us, the audience. Also like "Ice Age", the plot really moves cleanly and concisely and does not get caught up in song. Disney can make the songs work for the plot, but no other studio could have us humming "The Bare Necessities" 35 years after it was released in "The Jungle Book". In Shrek, the ending is satisfying, although it would be much like "Beauty and the Beast" ending with Belle becoming a beast too (courtesy of Jeffrey Katzenberg, the K is Dreamworks SKG)!

The DVD played wonderfully and had hours of features that the kids enjoyed, with Eddie Murphy's character Donkey imploring humorously, "PICK ME"! In short, this film is a real winner.

An "adult" cartoon...
This is not really a cartoon per say, but an animated movie. I was basically dragged into watching it by a friend of mine. When he told me he bought a "Shrek" DVD, I laughed at him. Needless to say, when I watched it with him, I went and bought one for myself. It became my instant favorite. I have watched it so many times, I probably know every single word, and still, whenever it plays on TV, I immediately switch to that channel. Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy are the best!

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