Matt's Reviews: Shrek
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Rating: 4 unicorns
When my friends told me that they liked this movie, I was pretty suspicious.
The cartoons that I've seen have not been that great!
But Shrek is entirely different than most any animated movie."You can really
see the character in his eyes," my dad commented about the ogre.
The animation is just so good that you forget that you are watching an
animation, if that is possible.
The
movie is well-paced, and it has a plot that really
draws you in.
The voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz are all superb.
Also John Lithgow really does a nice job of making Lord Farqaud the
deliciously evil prince. It seems like all the actors really
enjoyed making this movie! It's remarkable
that the actors never saw or heard one another while making the movie,
they just recorded their voices in a booth. Again, when you watch the movie, you
feel like they are real, live characters.
There are many funny jokes that are totally inappropriate!
It's totally irreverant, and that's why people of
all ages love this movie.
SHREK (2001)
Directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson; written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman, based on the book by William Steig; edited by Sim Evan-Jones; music by Harry Gregson- Williams and John Powell; production designer, James Hegedus; produced by Aron Warner, John H. Williams and Jeffrey Katzenberg; released by DreamWorks Pictures. Running time: 89 minutes. This film is rated PG.
WITH THE VOICES OF: Mike Myers (Shrek), Eddie Murphy (Donkey), Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona), John Lithgow (Lord Farquaad) and Vincent Cassel (Monsieur Hood).