Shrek Critic Reviews

This is not your average family cartoon. Shrek is jolly and wicked, filled with sly in-jokes and yet somehow possessing a heart.Read the full review

This spirited and often very funny lark accomplishes something that most films in the bygone Hollywood studio era used to do but is remarkably rare in today's world of niche markets: It offers entertainment equally to viewers from 4 to 104.Read the full review

A movie that appeals to the eye, mind, heart and funny bone; that's a pretty good quadruple for any movie.Read the full review

It's wondrous, it's fabulous, it's -- all but unprecedented.Read the full review

A riotous and wee bit PG-racy computer-animated family fable, is the most thoroughly enjoyable cartoon feature since "Toy Story" burst out of its box.Read the full review

Lives happily ever after because it's such a feisty but good natured embrace of the inner ogre in everyone.Read the full review

This fractured fairy tale not only knows there's no substitute for clever writing, it also has the confidence to take that information straight to the bank.Read the full review

A world-class charmer that could even seduce the Academy when it hands out the first official animation Oscar next year.Read the full review

This beguiling fable, with its darkly distinctive look, does DreamWorks proud.Read the full review