Seen 3/(3, 5, 6)/15 (broken up)
2.5/4
Amidst a couple varieties of crudeness and insensitivity (potty humor, African-American voice as annoying jackass sidekick, Scottish voice as big dumb drunkard, blonde American voice as beautiful princess), one can also find a surprising amount of maturity in Shrek--beyond the blatant innuendos. The artistry involves professional film techniques and adult-indie music, while the thematic material is somewhat socially profound and unconventional for kids' movies. The movie is funny enough and entertaining enough to function very well as a movie for children that can also hold an adult audience's attention--I feel that this is the scale on which I must rate movies of this genre, and Shrek holds up well.
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