Shrek

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Summary: F A N T A S T I C !
Review: With SHREK, Dreamworks has more than upped the ante for Disney's faltering animation arm -- this movie will blow everyone away, kids, their parents, and their grandparents. Defying every cliche, and somehow still retaining the sweetness and goodness all good fables should have, Shrek is simply enchanting. The computer animation looks wonderful, and must be seen on a big screen -- each created character comes to dazzling life. The story, which involved a disgruntled ogre, a tiny Lord, a donkey who talks, and a princess in need of rescue, takes more than a few knowing jabs at Disney characters/lore we have all come to know and love, and will surprise even the most sophisticated viewers. And kids will love the adventure of it all (though there are some truly frightening moments in the Dragon's Castle, for those younger, more impressionable tots). The voices, most notably the hilarious. laugh-out-loud Eddie Murphy as the Donkey, are wondrous, and are matched second-by-second through their cleverly conceived animation. This movie has more truly funny comic bits than any other release out there; the use an eclectic mix of well-known pop music only adds to the charm and fun. On your way to Pearl Harbor, make a detour, and then run, do not walk, to see Shrek.

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Summary: Great Movie
Review: I think this is the best family movie I have seen in a long time. I think the casting was perfect, and everyone was wonderful in the movie. Everyone should go see this movie!

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Summary: sherk, poor story line
Review: i felt the first 5 minutes were great after that it became so boring, there was no story line and was very slow going even though it was only an 11/2 hrs long,

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Summary: AWWWWWW, SO GOOD!
Review: Shrek was hysterical, I don't think I have ever seen a funnier kids movie. I saw it, and I don't even have kids! Eddie Murphy was awesome as usual, and Mike Myers of course was a treat. It was a great movie. I'm glad I saw it. 5 stars all the way.

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Summary: Shrek, The movie.
Review: I thought was really funny, a nice tale, touching, (kind of) and was a real joy to watch. Eddie Murphy was FANTASTIC as usual, and Mike Myers was good.I thought the people the director(s) chose to act out diffrent charecters were great ideas, but I heard that the movie was planned to make fun of Disney, and Disney is nice, so thats why I only gave it 4 stars.

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Summary: The Best
Review: Shrek was the best. I loved it. Mike Myers was the best and so was Eddie Murphy. Just see it

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Summary: Not for young children
Review: My 10 year old son loved it - lots of potty humor and the sexual innuendos went over his head. Really glad I didn't take my 5 year old daughter. Not only would parts have been scary but why not keep the fairy tale fantasy alive a little longer. Our kids are so worldly as it is. I even like to keep the fairy tale fantasy alive. The animation was great and Eddie Murphy was better than I expected - liked his character best. Also liked the dragon. Please don't take young children. I have been looking for a review so I would know whether I should take my 5 yr old and couldn't find one. Glad those mother instincts prevailed. Enjoy it with your older kids.

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Summary: The jokes never stop
Review: I don't think there's a 10 second period that goes by without a joke. It is literally packed with comedy. None of it is bad, most is a amusing and a good portion is down right hilarious.

The gist of the movie: Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) is rounding up fairy tale creatures (When Geppetto turns in Pinocchio, he gets "10 shillings for the possessed toy!") and because they can't coerce Shrek the ogre out of his swamp, they put all of the fairy tale creatures there. Shrek isn't all that happy about it, so raises a stink (literally and figuratively). Lord Farquad makes a deal to clear out Shrek's swamp if Shrek rescues a damsel in distress for him.

My favorite: Lord Farquaad (the voice of John Lithgow is perfect for th part) is interrogating The Gingerbread Man (how'd he catch him anyway?) by dipping his legs in milk. The Gingerbread Man, gets tough during the torture and spits out, "Eat me!".

The movie was definitely made for both adults and children. Almost all of the jokes have an adult slant on them, but there are so many quirky, cute characters that the kids are sure to be entertained. Eddie Murphy as "The donkey" was, like John Lithgow, perfectly cast. The donkey almost looks like Eddie Murphy, which makes it that much funnier.

The movie can't really dissapoint unless you're somehow opposed to funny AND cute.

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Summary: Awesome Animation!
Review: Shrek is an ogre who grows on you as you get to know him and the beauty in the tower begins to see his inner qualities and as she does he begins to fall in love with her but doesn't allow those feelings to gather much momentum because at last, he is an ogre. The beauty is a captive in the tower, held by a dragon who we find out also needs love. The beauty has more going on as we see when she goes into action, which is quite a surprise, who knew she had that in her? The donkey is adorable and I think every animated movie needs one character written especially for Eddie Murphy! I'm sure I need to watch this several times to catch on to all the subtle innuendoes, etc. Shrek is animated to the max and the animators outdid themselves on this one by completely capturing all of Mike Myer's facial expressions! How could they do that? Awesome! So I think this fable tells an important story, that we all have more inside to share and once you get to know someone that is the beauty that captures our attention as we get to know someone. That sometimes even dragons just need to be loved and occasionally we all make a donkey of ourselves.(smile) What a surprise ending! Better catch it to find out the beauty's "secret".

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Summary: Shrek
Review: I found this to be an extremely funny movie. There was a lot of subtle adult humor in it. Children also thoroughly enjoy this movie. The ending is also great. I left the theater feeling good, and wishing to see more movies like this one.