The Bottom Line: SHREK 2 is most suitable for tweens who can get the fairy-tale jokes and some of the product-placement jokes. Adults might be bored silly.
The basic premise of SHREK 2 is that Princess Fiona takes her bridegroom home to meet his in-laws, who are having a major social event in the newlyweds' honor. Although Fiona is thrilled, Shrek isn't - he guesses, rightly as it turns out, that this visit is ill-advised at best.
Shrek's father-in-law hires Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) to do some sort of nasty deed to Shrek (Mike Myers); Puss in Boots turns out to be fickle, jumping over to Shrek's side in the time it takes to give a soulful "please adopt me" look to anyone within eyeshot.
And then, there is the fairy godmother (Jennifer Saunders), a scheming wench if ever there was one. She is in cahoots with Fiona's father (voiced by John Cleese), and also knows more than she is willing to let on about this king. (See the movie to find out what exactly this secret is.)
What exactly did I think of SHREK 2? I thought it was moderately funny at times, although I thought they could have done without all the product-placement jokes. (Just to give you an example, Starbucks allowed the producers of the film to parody their logo, turning Starbucks into Farbucks in recognition of the fact that Farbucks was in the land called Far Far Away. The main shopping district of Far Far Away ia loaded with such inside jokes and references.)
The way in which Shrek and Donkey (Eddie Murphy) are portrayed differs little from the first movie, although you'd think that they would have grown a bit since the first movie. Donkey did, however, get off one stellar line about "only one annoying talking animal ought to be in this movie." The problem is, I can't remember the context of this line, unfortunately, and that's a significant problem in my opinion.
The problem is that the plot is somewhat predictable. You know going in that unconditional acceptance will be touted as something of a cure-all to relationship problems, and you know that Shrek and Fiona will stay together no matter what. Having said that, I would recommend this film primarily for older youngsters, who would get the fairy-tale references and perhaps some of the product-placement jokes on Far Far Away's Rodeo Drive knockoff. Parents might enjoy the same jokes, but then again, adults might be bored silly by the movie given its predictability.
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