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Summary: The summer finally starts !!
Review: This is the 1st great movie of the summer. Animation fans rejoice with this blockbuster from Dreamworks that is basically a re-work of Beauty and the Beast. It is a wonderful reworking without the Disney schmaltz (and also minus the incredible songs). The voice talent is amazing with Eddie Murphy (as the donkey companion to Shrek) practically stealing the show from Mike Myers (voicing Shrek). Cameron Diaz is wonderful as Fiona the beautiful princess (and a whole lot more). John Lithgow is splendid as the king wannabe Farquad. The film is awash in funny lines to fabulous jokes at the expense of Disney Films. It is also incredibly charming (if slightly predictable). Great for small children, older kids and the whole darn family!!
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Summary: Everyone a winner with Shrek
Review: WOW! I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes. The 14 8-year-old girls infront of me found me amusing, if not bizarre. Great lines, great characters, appeal for everyone -- young-old-all. We all know what to expect from archtype characters -- well these don't fit the mold, which adds a twist you won't soon forget. SEE IT!
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Summary: Left us SHREKing
Review: We almost passed up seeing it and what a mistake that would have been. Shrek turns out to be funny and thought provoking. It really dissed Disney which made it even more hilarious. Mike Meyers and Eddy Murphy were excellent. The PG rating is due to the use of a few minor curse words, which had the children in the audience 'AAWWWING', though it was probably nothing they haven't heard before. My children and I highly recommend seeing this movie.
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Summary: Star Shrek
Review: First the good news- Shrek is a wonderfully animated movie with plenty of tonal shifts and ever-changing moods. The donkey is probably the best animated character I've seen. The only downer was the Princess character - she has a great bod and a few good expressions, but she was the most fake looking character in the movie. Now the bad news - the movie simply isn't funny. The jokes are in short supply and are very thin. The movie doesn't get annoyingly cute, but the plot is so obvious that the film never really gets interesting. I give it three stars on the strength of its dazzling animation.
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Summary: Great Entertainment.
Review: Superbly executed, another excellent work from DreamWork. Very "witty"(you will be amazed), nice voice by eddie Murphy, and gratifying graphics. The main plot was just like all the other "save the princess" movies, but this one had many interesting twists, the whole theater was laughing so wild all the time, it made me feel dizzy even now. I would say it was the best Carton of the year, and you definitely should bring your whole family to see it!
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Summary: Great movie!
Review: Funny and charming!!!. Just when you think you've seen them all, Dreamworks comes out with Shrek. New and impressive animation style to a wonderful story. Recomend this one for all ages.
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Summary: A surprizingly good animated film
Review: Even though the theater may be filled with kids, ( I brought mine ) the movie was wonderful entertainment. A story line with a nice moral theme too.Eddie Murphy is just great as the donkey. Too nice a movie to wait until video.
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Summary: Shrek gives Toy Story 2 a run for it's money
Review: This movie was awesome! Everything about it was great. It's perfect for both kids and adults. The humor of this movie fits all ages. You can find both high end and low end humor. The animation is amazing. A quarter of the way through the movie you begin to forget that it's animated, then you are treated to a close up of Shrek and you can see everone of his PORES! That's insane. The story has a good message of not judging someone based on appearances, but looking inside them. The performances are flawless and the theatre was laughing almost the entire time. Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy have such great chemistry together, and Donkey is one of the greatest characters.
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Summary: Kids, AND Adults alike - GO see this movie!
Review: I read a few reviews of this movie, all of which praised it. So I decided to head on down to the neighborhood megaplex. I was so glad I did. Shrek is a hysterical, delightful, fantastic movie. It is an animated "Naked Gun" type of skewering of all things Disney - and boy, they had a lot to skewer. They took all of the wry, inside jokes that Disney wraps into it's animated features, made them a bit dirtier, put a sleek, *amazing* animated skin on the whole thing (this is seriously better then Toy Story stuff), and added some marquee voices to top it off. Eddie Murphy takes the cake. Go see this movie!
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Summary: A close masterpiece but not quite...
Review: Shrek is close to being a masterpiece but it doesn't quite measure up to classics like Beauty and the Beast or Toy Story. The animation is great, as good as anything Pixar can put out, but where it's lacking is the story. The film has too much inside jokes about Disney and too much self referential stuff going on. Contemporary phrases like "24/7" might not mean anything 50 years from now. Little kids might not get some of the stuff. The movie also seems to lack some real charm, the story doesn't really hit you like Toy Story did. Overall it's a good funny film, great animation, and a good try.
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