For you, baby, I could be


Review of Shrek 2

So I just went and saw Shrek 2, the superstar follow up to the hit movie called, oddly enough, Shrek.

All the original cast returns, including Mike Myers as Shrek, Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona, Eddie Murphy as Donkey and the crew of the Fairy Tale Irregulars. New cast members include John Cleese as the King, Julie Andrews as the Queen, Jennifer Saunders as Fairy Godmother and Rupert Everett as FG's son, Prince Charming.

To say that the movie works, and is just as funny, if not funnier, than the original, would be an understatement. The first film's gentle theme of being yourself and loving people for who, or what, they are are both present in this film. Again, the themes are reinforced through action and humor, rather than preachy dialogue. Really well done.

But it's with the humor that this film really succeeds. One of the best jokes for the adults involves a prison-break scene which uses Pinochio in a Mission Impossible Tom Cruise parody that left me in stitches.

The best line of the movie comes during the scene when Princess Fiona, transformed back to her human self, comes upon a changed Donkey, now a beautiful white horse. She knows that Shrek has been changed, but doesn't know what he looks like now. She sees Puss in Boots, voiced by Antonio Banderas, sitting atop Donkey, casually licking himself.

"Shrek?" Fiona asks.

Puss turns around and lifts an eyebrow at the princess.

"For you, baby, I could be."

My kids had to shush me from laughing so loud.

Great movie. Go see it.

Posted: Fri - May 21, 2004 at 08:04 PM       |

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