Shrek was the slight but funny bad-boy of the children's animation genre, and it ended up seeming to click better with adults than its own target audience. With Shrek 2, the kiddie aspect is supplanted entirely with surprisingly overbearing dramatics:...read the complete Shrek 2 (2004) review at Appreciating Great Trash
Shrekies can relax. The writing is as sharp, the gags as acerbic, the stick equally slappy. The popularity of Eddie Murphy's Donkey has been noted and if the storyline lacks the fabled heroics of the original, there are consolations in John Cleese's...read the complete Shrek 2 (2004) review at Kinocite