rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States; 2004
Directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury & Conrad Vernon; produced by David Lipman, Aron Warner, John H. Williams; screenplay by Andrew Adamson, J. David Stem, Joe Stillman, David N. Weiss
Starring (the voices of) Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, Jennifer Saunders, Larry King
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
I liked 'Shrek 2' better than 'Shrek' and the only thing it lacks is the
originality of the first movie. This one is funnier and looks better;
basically that is all I wanted from this sequel. Where the first movie was a
complete adventure in a way fairy tales are told this one feels more like a
spoof on all those fairy tales. Of course we had those moments in the first
'Shrek' as well, but here it is moment after moment.
The story continues where we left it in the first 'Shrek'. Fiona (voice by
Cameron Diaz) and Shrek (Mike Myers) have been married and now they have to
visit Fiona's parents. Of course Donkey (Eddie Murphy) is with them on their
trip to the parents. On the way they meet Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas)
who travels with them. When they arrive with the King (John Cleese) and
Queen (Julie Andrews) they are not very welcome since both Shrek and Fiona
are ogres.
Danger comes from Prince Charming (Rupert Everett) and especially his
mother, the Fairy Godmother (Jennifer Saunders). Fiona was promised to
Prince Charming and therefore he and his mother try to convince the King to
betray Shrek. With the help of Donkey, Puss in Boots and a lot of other
fairy tale creatures they must be able to bring everything to a happy end.
Like I said this sequel is funnier than the first. May be the humor is of an
easier kind, but for me a laugh is a laugh. The parts with the other fairy
tale creatures are hilarious. That they are only there to make the film
funnier would be annoying if it is distracting from the story, but here it
serves the plot well. Donkey and Puss in Boots are there to give us quite
some laughs as well. Simply hilarious. Especially Murphy does a terrific job
again, creating a real character with just his voice. The other actors are
also able to do that, but Murphy succeeds the most.