The movie arrived on time and works great. I would make another purchase from this seller.

It's not a bad movie. There are some funny parts, but fart jokes just don't do it for me. What in the world is so hilarious about passing gas, for crying out loud, besides it being utterly embarrassing? The animation by Pacific Data Images is first rate, although does not hold a candle in comparison to the scope, effort, and complexity that was placed in Square's "Final Fantasy". As for story, I've actually found the story in "Final Fantasy" to be more touching and more involving than the story of "Shrek". Don't get me wrong, "Shrek" has a decent story, but it's not quite as elaborate as "Final Fantasy". (In "Final Fantasy", you may have to watch the movie a second time to get it. It is hard to follow, but it introduces a level of intrigue that makes it more interesting. If you can actually understand the story clearly, then it actually feels far more powerful than what you would originally think.)

A spin on Disney princess tales. This movie is one of the best animated hits in history.

Does this DVD have a lot of reviews or what? I never saw so many before at least not on Amazon. The movie was pretty good I guess but the second one was better. Did you know that there will be a 4th one in 2010? There will also also be a 5th and final one in 2013.

Shrek is a cute movie but gets annoying after watching it more than once. Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz provide the voices for Shrek, Donkey, and Princess Fiona. There are some sarcastic and lovable moments in this box-office smash! Great to watch with friends and family, too bad the sequel was less than impressive, stick with the original.

The original Shrek was a CG classic or masterpiece. It's truly a work of art in the computer graphics field. The detail in the CGI was AMAZING for its time and it still manages to impress me today. Other animated films like "Finding Nemo" and "Monsters Inc" compare to the beautiful composure, however Shrek is dominantly more humourous.

The movie just has the word clever written all over it. It can definately satisfy a group of young children while also managing to get some adults to laugh hysterically. With this in mind I would advise some parents to view the content before having their children view the film. There is some suggestive material and curse words hidden througout the film. Most parents I've known have avoided showing this film to young children, so if you are one of those kinds of parents, I advise you to have them view some of the Disney films instead. Remember Disney did not make this film.

The voice-overs are great. Some films have tried to make a great voice-over team and sadly failed. Murphy, Myers, and Diaz definately raised the bar and set an example for CGI movies to come. So pretty much what makes this movie work is the talent, humor, and clever animation.

So if you haven't seen this film, pay some tribute to American filmmaking and get this American Classic. It was a huge success because it was such an original and fun film. Don't miss it for the world.

I got this for my grand kids and they love it, in fact I love it too

Shrek is a great film for everyone. Kids will adore it and adults will love it as well. It has a great cast, with a fabulously witty story, and the right music at the right time. For its day (2001) the state of the art computer animation was brilliant.

The previous zillion reviews will tell you everything else you need to know. So buy this and Shrek 2 and get Toy Story and Toy Story 2 and you'll have all the best computer animated classics to date.

Simply faultless.

Shrek is a great movie. I purchased the first Shrek for a 3 year old - he loved it and asks to watch it everyday. Thank you for making it so easy and cheaper to purchase movies/books/cd's etc.

"Shriek!"

But who doesn't love `Shrek'? I mean I guess it has it's detractors but come on people, if ever there was an animated feature perfectly designed to entertain EVERYONE `Shrek' is that movie. It's funny, fresh, entertaining and exciting. In fact just about every scene is memorable and every character brilliantly crafted. Kids love `Shrek', there is no denying that, but adults have plenty to adore as well.

The story behind `Shrek' is that of Shrek, a grumpy, lonely Ogre. When Lord Farquaad banishes all the fairytale creatures to the forest Shrek finds that his secluded swamp is now more crowded than ever. In a selfish attempt to gain sole custody of his land he agrees to rescue a certain Princess from her captivity for Lord Farquaad. Accompanying Shrek on this journey is Donkey, a talking donkey who forms an unhealthy attachment to the miserable Ogre. Princess Fiona is being held captive by a dragon in a tower far, far away awaiting her true love to come rescue her, breaking her dreaded curse with love's first kiss. Shrek was not what she had in mind, but upon her rescue and journey back home is becomes apparent that Shrek and Fiona may be kindred spirits after all.

The plot behind `Shrek' is not the most original, I'll give you that, but its execution is as original as it comes. `Shrek' plays out more like a spoof on every Disney cartoon out there (kind of like this year's masterful `Enchanted'); in fact a lot of former Disney characters appear in this film (and its two sequels). `Shrek' has a lot of fun poking fun at the very characters and stories that inspired it and this leads to plenty of laughs.

Helping to create some extremely memorable characters is the cast of vocal talents. Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz tackle the lead roles of Shrek and Fiona and do so splendidly. Mike Myers has proven time and time again that voice work is his forte; I mean what would any of his `Austin Powers' characters be without their signature accents. John Lithgow is hilarious as the devious Lord Farquaad. He adds spunk and humor to every line. Of course everyone talks of Eddie Murphy's brilliant voice work as Donkey (why is Eddie not in every cartoon?) and rightfully so. With quick wit and Murphy's signature attitude he creates the perfect companion, the perfect sidekick equipped with an amalgam of memorable and quotable catchphrases ("We can stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning, I'm making waffles!"). One can't go without mentioning the expansive cast of supporting players though, because it's within the supporting players that we find many of our laughs. Voice work done by Bobby Block, Chris Miller, Cody Cameron, Christopher Knights, Simon J. Smith & Conrad Vernon just to name a few deliver such memorable characters as Pinocchio, The Three Pigs, The Blind Mice and of course The Gingerbread Man (who's whole `Muffin Man' routine is my FAVORITE scene in the film).

Beautifully animated and magically brought to life `Shrek' is the animated film of this generation, a cartoon that paved the way for bigger and better animated spectacles. It started here and so rightfully so it deserves our praise and admiration. There is rarely a treat this sweet so dig in and enjoy every last minute of it.

I bought this DVD for my grandkids. They love it. I admit that I laughed through most of it too. Good for kids of all ages.

I thought I had ordered Shrek 3 from NetFlix but received the first one instead. I had seen it earlier and since I truly enjoyed it, I decided to watch it again. And guess what? It was just as entertaining as I remembered.

Shrek is so "ugly he's cute" and the wise-cracking Donkey is hilarious. They make unlikely traveling companions as Donkey attaches himself to Shrek as he heads off to regain his swamp by bringing a princess to a scheming lord who fancies himself to be the king.

Wait until you see the array of fairy-tale characters who've taken over Shrek's swamp. What happens to them? And what happens when Shrek meets the lovely princess? Will she accompany them willingly? Will she be forced to marry the despicable lord? Or will Shrek and Donkey save the fair princess and regain his swamp?

And most important, what is Fiona's secret? Shrek is pleasantly surprised when he learns her secret, and I think you will be too.

Unless someone else is a "spoiler" and has already told you, you'll have to see for yourself. But whatever ... I'm sure you'll enjoy this simple story that's brought to life by such lovable characters.

I just returned this DVD to Netflix and have ordered Shrek 2 and 3, so I'll be reviewing those shortly. They'll have to be really good to be as good as this first one, but I hope they are.

While the sequel wasn't bad it just wasn't as funny as this one. This is probably the only Shrek I actually care to own. I do plan on seeing Shrek the Third but I don't think it'll be this good.

Shrek: An awesome ogre who starts off like the mean old, grouchy Grinch and finally comes around. Before that though he bosses people around and is very rude to them all. He eventually simmers down and then falls for Fiona.

Donkey: This jackass is a hoot! Eddie Murphy plays the voice actor and he is as hilarious here as in some of his classic movies. Donkey is very, very silly but a little stubborn.

Princess Fiona is a royal pain. She wants to meet some imaginary prince who will be valiant, strong and handsome which we all know *they're* few, far and in between. She is pretty yet when dawn approaches she transforms into a "hideous" ogre like Shrek. Gracefully played by

Lord Farquaad: He's short, hotheaded and enticed by the Princess. Lord F. tries to marry Fiona but Shrek opens her eyes and she sees that she is right for him and him only. John Lithgow plays his role convincingly.

Hilarious. Pushes Envelopes. Witty. Interesting. Musical. Slightly Clichéd. Animated Goodness.

Cover Art: B
Characters: A
Story: B-
Length: C+
Overall: B+

4 stars.

My son loves Shrek, the only movie we do not have is Shrek 3 which I'm sure Santa will be bringing for Christmas. I even find myself excited to watch these movies.

Superb for adults, rotten for very small kids, if you can believe that. I'll explain: For many months, we've been allowing our tots to watch this movie (and other CGI-type "classics" like Toy Story I & II, Bugs Life, Monsters Inc., etc). Of late, we realized, with horror, that our kids' recent aggression, and usage of snide and obnoxious remarks has been due to these "modern kids classics."---rude comments and demands like "WHERE'S MY FOOD!!!" (courtesy of "Bugs Life"); "YOU'RE STUPID!"; "YOU IDIOT" (Toy Story); "YOU STINK"....and the like. Even the brilliant (for adults, that is) Monsters, Inc., and this movie, have the characters castigating, berating, ridiculing, and being rude and contemptuous of each other. Tots don't need to see characters being eaten alive by dragons, farting for entertainment, denigrating someone's bad breath, blowing-up mother birds with high-pitch signing so as to obtain the nest eggs for cooking, people being pilloried for being too short or different looking, etc. etc.
Maybe "Finding Nemo" is the least objectionable of the bunch. In retrospect, all the CLASSIC Disney movies in our collection are safe, tame, and benign by comparison, and far less objectionable if even at all. (e.g., Cinderella, Snow White, etc). I wish we'd stuck to safer products for toddlers, like the afore-mentioned Disney titles, or The Wiggles, Baby Einstein, Bob the Builder, etc. I choose politically correct but safe, over slyly entertaining and wickedly cutting-edge, any day! Those "modern classics" are great for adults, what with their modern spin, dialogue, etc----but why give the kids a head-start on learning objectionable phrases and vocabulary that they're going to learn later from others? No one wants their kid to be the FIRST SOURCE of the poor habits and language being adopted by the other kids in the neighborhood and amongst the extended family.
The golden rule now in our house: If the adults enjoy it, and it's not tedious and boring, it's probably inappropriate for kids.

I received my copy of the movie within a few days. Very fast shipping and DVD in perfect condition.

Great graphics, dialog and voices. Great choice of Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers for Donkey and Shrek. The jokes were terrific. Extremely amusing.

This is the first in a great series of fairy tale parodies! A must buy!

The answer to the question is that Shrek is one of a kind. Mike Myers is the voice behind the best-known ogre in the movie industry. Shrek lives in a secluded area of the forest, but when Lord Farquaad resolves that all the fairy creatures need to live in this area, Shrek's peace is seriously affected. Thus, he focuses on scaring everyone away, even though at heart he is a big teddy-bear. One day, he sees a regiment from the kingdom of Far Far Away capturing fairies. Lord Farquaad, the leader of the oppressors, thinks that the talking donkey deserves to be incarcerated, but Shrek cannot help himself and rescues the poor thing.

This is not the last Shrek and Farquaad will see of each other. The latter decides that he would like to marry Princess Fiona, but there is a small obstacle in the way. She is held hostage in a castle defended by a fierce dragon and many have succumbed in their rescue attempts. Therefore, Farquaad organizes a tournament to decide who should go to bring back his wife-to-be. You can take a guess as to who the lucky winner is.

This is not your typical fairy tale, and it is definitely intended for an audience a little more mature, but it is an enjoyable one. There is one word that defines this movie to the T: humor. The actors selected to give voice to the characters of Shrek (Myers), Lady Fionna (Cameron Diaz) and Donkey (Eddie Murphy) are perfect for their roles. The writers also did an excellent job in picking the jokes and the funny comments throughout the production are something to cherish.

There is also a wide selection of extra features in the two-disc DVD; including an area designated as Dreamwork Kids that allows you to select you favorite scenes, watch two music videos (Baha Men and Smash Mouth), and play interactive games and trivia. My favorite extra feature was the one that discusses the technical aspects of the animation, because this is one of the most amazing aspects of this film. Nowadays there are many examples of animation of this quality, but when "Shrek" first came out, it was one of a kind. Finally, the music completes the total package, since it blends perfectly with the different parts of the plot and it is catchy and enjoyable. Overall, a great effort that cannot be missed!

I've had a bone to pick with Shrek for like, what...6 years now? It's time to settle the score. The Patriarch way!

Shrek is supposed to be a kid's movie. Thus it is filled with bathroom humor and other crude jokes supposed to appeal to a five year old. Also, as with every other "kid's" movie made today, it's filled with jokes only adults would understand. This is what makes the film popular with children as well as adults. This is just wrong though, a lot of these jokes aren't appropriate for children. For example, at the end of this movie, during the credits, an anthropomorphic cat licks it's genitals. This is sick. Having an animal with the attributes of a human lick itself is the same thing as having a human lick itself.

How about the morals this movie teaches. Shrek is a crude, rude, disgusting ogre. A human example of him is that guy that drained your septic that one time and had no qualms about using foul language and farting around you. Or Michael Moore, take your pick. The moral of this story is to see past his grossness and see the good person inside. If it's all the same to you, I don't want my children hanging around with hobos, drug addicts,and trailer trash because this hokey film told them to. In the end of this movie, the princess becomes a disgusting ogre too. So this is supposed to tell my kids, what? That people that look nice on the outside are really disgusting inside? The Shrek generation is going to be so messed up.

I wanted to ignore these grievances, honestly I did. But when they release sequel after sequel, and no matter where I look is Shrek!, I can't hold it in any longer.

I haven't seen the other Shrek films in this series, so I can't review them. I can only imagine how much worse they are however. Shrek 3 apparently has shrek and Fiona having an ogre baby together. Great. Now my kids are going to learn the facts of life from a movie about ogres.

PS: Okay, everybody reading this. I am making this clear-I just coined the phrase, "The Shrek generation." I am going to have this copyrighted. If I ever see a book or movie or documentary, that uses the phrase, "The Shrek Generation" I am going to sue you and demand royalties of some kind.

PPS: This also applies to any variation like, "Generation Shrek" or "Star Shrek: The next Generation"

Hi well to start This is the funniest movie in the world! It's truely awesome!!!! I really can't describe it it's so awesome!!!! But I can tell you this it's hillarious!! Well hope this was helpful brooke

I don't watch many animated features but I did watch Shrek and I thought it was an excellent movie. The actors brought the characters to life and I really liked the movie. In fact we bought the other two Shreks.

Well, I think that I've pinpointed the reason I hate this movie: I hate the main character. He's boisterous, rude, mean, disgusting, and that "soft side" of his that's displayed later doesn't even come close to redeeming him. In fact, if anything, it's awkward to watch because no one likes a whiney lovesick person, and they're even worse when you already hate them... that and Mike Meyers is a bad actor when it comes to displaying angst. I'm not saying that it's because Shrek's ugly. In Shrek 2, when he's handsome, I still found him annoying and repulsive. I have no idea why Fiona fell in love with him. Not that I was that big a fan of Fiona either, mind you.

Oh, and I agree with the people who said that the film contradicts its message by making Fiona an ogre at the end. If they really wanted to be subversive to the fairy tale movie genre, they should have had her stay pretty and marry the ogre anyway. Shrek's message is the same as Beauty and the Beast's, only it's two ugly people (or ogres) instead or two beautiful ones. Way to stick it to Disney... not.

Una de las peliculas mas graciosas de todos los tiempos es esta increible historia del "Ogro que se enamoro de una princesa"; una historia maravillosa de un mostruo verde y solitario, odiado y perseguido, que prefiere vivir su vida vacia y monotona en su pantano; una vida que cambia cuando conoce (y se enamora) de Fiona, una princesa cautiva en un castillo esperando ser rescatada, la cual que hace al Ogro verde cambiar su forma de pensar y ver nuevos horizontes en su vida; INIGUALABLE es el papelazo que hace un chaparro y charlatan burrito (donkey, cuya voz en español la hace el chistosisimo Eugenio derbez), que se hace amigo de Shrek y sencillamente ¡se roba la pelicula!!; todo el filme en general lleno de simpaticos personajes de cuentos de hadas y un enano malvado y fanfarron (Lord Facquad) contra el cual nuestros amigos tienen que librar una tremenda pero comica batalla; ¿vale la pena comprarla?¡¡HE VISTO SHREK MAS DE 14 VECES Y NUNCA ME ABURRO DE VERLA!!! ¡¡¡SI; VALE MAS QUE LA PENA!!! ¡¡COMPRENLA!!!

This movie isn't all that great. It is only funny in the beginning. Princess Fiona kind of gives me on my nerves and what is all this talking about LOVE in the end????????? Please, this movie isn't really that good!! Monsters, Inc was much better, more funnier, more enjoyable, much better. Get Monsters, Inc insted. That is the movie of the feature and will always be. You'll be happier.

Shrek PG

Doesn't everybody like movies? Sorry I'm getting off track! Their different categories in movies, my favorite is comedy movies. I'm going to talk about a popular movie that has two sequels, and no , I'm not talking about Shrek 2 or 3.I'm talking about shrek the
Original. In the movie it starts off with the two main characters, Shrek and Donkey, going off on a dangerous adventure to save Princess Fiona, so Shrek can get his home
Back. Throughout the movie there is a lot of comedy. You also meet a lot of characters,
That come and go during the movie such as Gingy, the gingerbread man.
My opinion is that this movie is very funny. If I was on a deserted island and could only bring four things, I would bring this movie, a TV, a generator, and DVD player. When I saw this movie I could not stop talking about it. If I could rate this movie from one to ten I think it would be a ten.
I recommend this movie to everybody! This is an outstanding movie. If you didn't see this movie, you should go and rent it now.

shrek is one of the best animated movies that dreamworks did, it's funny, brilliant and charming. this is a must see- must own movie. it's awesome.

The first time I saw "Shrek" I enjoyed it, thought it had some neat characters and really good animation. But that was about it; I wasn't bowled right over and didn't see how it ranked up there with other animated movies from the early 2000s like "Spirited Away" and "Lilo & Stitch". But quite a while later they brought out "Shrek 2", and more recently the third chapter, and they both looked good, and I decided that instead of going right into the newer ones, I'd go back. Rent the first one over again and see if there was something I missed - even if there wasn't, it was pretty good the first time and would probably be a good refresher for the next ones.

I don't know if the stars were way out of alignment that first time, or if I just wasn't in the proper frame of mind; but the most recent time around I enjoyed "Shrek" ten times as much. So I stand corrected, it does belong up there in the same breath with "Lilo & Stitch" and "Spirited Away" and so on.

In a fabulous kingdom, a monarch named Lord Farquand has banned all 'fairy tale creatures', and the elves, blind mice (3 of 'em), little pigs (3 again), and so on seek refuge anywhere they can, ending up en masse in the swamp around Shrek's wooden hovel, where Farquand's soldiers fear to tread. Shrek is a big, green, powerful and occasionally bumbling ogre who isn't 'trying to be cranky while hiding his tenderness underneath' - he's sumltaneously a cranky lummox and a sweet-minded, noble creature of great heart (although that latter part is kind of a light hidden under a barrel for the first half of the movie). So as not to give the whole story away, I'll skip to the jist - in order to force Farquand to lift his ban on the fairy tale creatures (thus enabling them to leave his home and leave Shrek in peace and solitude), Shrek agrees to embark on a journey (which a talking donkey named, appropriately enough, Donkey, accompanies him on) to rescue a sleeping princess from a castle guarded by a fierce dragon.

The three main players of the show - Shrek, Donkey, and Princess Fiona - are brilliant characters who play great off of one another. The supporting cast is loaded with colorful individuals (the Gingerbread Man is a great show-stealer), and the movie is full of humorous fantasy action and some great, often wry, wit. If one wanted to quibble, I still think it could have done without as much of an emphasis on flatulence-humor, but when it's got as much prime comedy and as much heart as "Shrek" does, who wants to quibble? It's got everything you want in an All Ages movie, full of charm, adventure, humor, love and fantastic visuals, and textured - like some of the old bugs Bunny cartoons - with extra, subtly hidden, little jokes and moments that older viewers will appreciate but won't elicit too many awkward-to-answer questions from three year-old viewers. And as a last note, don't forget to stay past the end credits for some final treats. It's priceless.

The Frist Shrek Movie is simply excellent and a lot of fun to watch.Animation sure come a long way.So Life like and real with the characters as well as the background.The humor is simply funny.This 2 disc verison is a treat with one disc has Widescreeen while the other is full screen plus the bonus features are simply wonderful to watch and so interesting.You have a goodtime with this frist Shrek movie.

Gearing up for part three, I decided to watch the original. This is an absolute joy to watch even after so much time has past. Great story for both young and old. Mike Myers is a comedic genius, Eddie Murphy is just hilarious and Lithgow is a priceless gem. This is honestly one of those movies you never get tired of watching. Highly Highly Recommended.

This movie Shrek is great it has everyones favorite charater like the 3 little pigs,snow white,cinderella,the big bad wolf and much more. The Best part 9is when... just see the movie but buy the 2-Disc there is a bunch of special features. Like you can make re-make the movie with your own voice!!! Enjoy!

It is getting to the point where Hollywood is turning out better cartoon features than good comedies! I have watched all the CGI movies that have come out over the past 10 or so years and I am impressed by the ratio of good to bad there are in these releases. Shrek is at top notch entertaining film! The sequel is very funny too! The DVD transfer looks great!

Overall the DVD was good and very much appropriate for young children. However, after a year or so it had fallen to the back of his preference list. I guess this isn't so different from any other DVD we have.. but it did last a year or more.

I would recommend this for young children. It does have a few concepts that are not appropriate, but are presented in a way that is way over the heads of children adn does have a few scenes that very concervative parents may term violent or inappropriate. The movie is mostly an original concept but there are striking similarities to Antz.
Overall a GREAT movie for the whole family!

I really enjoyed watching my 1 year and a half daughter's face when she first saw shrek..she loves to watch this movie and it keeps her attention from begining to end!

Shrek (Mike Myers) is an ugly green ogre who only likes life when he is alone. Naturally, he's rather upset when his swamp is invaded by all kinds of magical creatures. Seems that Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) is trying to create the perfect kingdom. And everyone knows that you can't have a perfect kingdom with magical creatures around.

But Shrek is not going to take this lightly. Setting out with a talking Donkey (Eddie Murphy), he goes to meet Lord Farquaad to demand his swamp back.

But Farquaad has other ideas. He's looking for someone to go on a quest for him. The mission, to rescue Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) from a fire breathing dragon. So he makes a deal with Shrek - rescue the girl, and he can have his swamp back.

Naturally, Shrek agrees to the deal. But Fiona is not at all what Shrek thought she'd be like. And she has a secret. All this makes the perfect fractured fairytale.

This computer animated movie is a riot. It takes many fairytale conventions and turns them on their ear. There are also lots of great small gags, usually at the expense of a classic story. And Disney. Katzenberg obviously feels the need to get back at his ex-employer. But, Disney fanatic that I am, I must admit some of those jokes are my favorites. Along the way, the movie develops a great heart as well and subtly slips in a message about loving people for who they are. The animation, while a bit rough on the "extras" is wonderful on the main characters.

The only problem with the movie, and it's a big one, is the crude humor. Shrek's on ogre. We get it. Fortunately, these jokes lessen as the movie progresses. There are a few jokes that are questionable for young children as well.

Of course, most of them probably won't get many of the jokes anyway. This is a fairytale for adults. And a fun one at that.