Shrek easily wins over the adorably cute Puss, much to the chagrin of Donkey, who complains, “The position of annoying talking animal is already taken.” While she plots to eliminate Shrek, the king enlists the services of a professional ogre killer, the swashbuckling Puss-in-Boots (Antonio Banderas in a comic tour de force that spoofs his role as Zorro). The king turns out to be in cahoots with the prince’s mother, Fairy Godmother (an excellent Jennifer Saunders), who runs a potions factory and advertises her services on billboards. The big-hearted Lillian is willing to make adjustments, but the king is furious that by rescuing Fiona from a dragon and her castle prison in the earlier film, our hero upset his plot to have her rescued by the egotistical Prince Charming (Rupert Everett). New son-in-law, much less the fact that their daughter is now an ogre. Predictably, King Harold (John Cleese) and Queen Lillian (Julie Andrews) are less than thrilled at their
The follow-up, which opens tomorrow after premiering over the weekend at the Cannes Film Festival, follows a very familiar path as it picks up the story of Shrek the ogre (voiced again by Mike Myers) and Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), now a full-time ogre, after their fairy-tale marriage at the end of the first movie.Īfter their honeymoon – depicted in a hilarious montage – the couple is invited by her parents to a ball celebrating their marriage in the Kingdom of Far Far Away.Ī very reluctant Shrek sets out with Fiona and the stillannoying Donkey (Eddie Murphy) for the kingdom, an amusing if obvious spoof of Beverly Hills, complete with stores like Versarchery, Saxxon Fifth Avenue and
‘SHREK 2,” the inevitable sequel to the 2001 hit, is so gorgeously animated and so thoroughly entertaining for all ages that only an ogre would complain it’s not quite as fresh as the original.
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