(rated PG)
If you were raised on knights on white horses, damsels in distress and someday my prince will come, forget about it, sister! Shrek gives new meaning to twisted fairytales. Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, lived an ornery ogre named Shrek (Mike Myers) whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy tale characters all banished from their kingdom by the evil Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). As a result, Shrek cuts a deal with Farquaad and sets out to rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) whose been hiding out, where? Why in the tower of course! Accompanying him on his mission and stealing the show is wisecracking Donkey (Eddie Murphy). While it has “Beauty and The Beast” tendencies, this princess is more “Charlie’s Angels” meets “Crouching Tiger” who can really move. The movie includes the gingerbread man, the three pigs and everybody you can think of to Snow White, “who may live with seven men, but isn’t easy”. The art of computer animation is pure wizardry and no sooner you catch your breath, it’s time to laugh again. One of the summer’s best!