Sure, at the end you know your emotions have been manipulated somewhat, but in the end you really don't care. Shrek 2 is a beautifully done movie, perhaps even more entertaining than the original. I was in stitches, although perhaps - just perhaps - some of the humor will zoom over your tiny tot's tiny head. As with 1, 2 drops all sorts of Disney references, most resulting in full-out belly laughter. The attention to detail is marvelous, as always. Far, Far Away is a clear knockoff of Hollywood itself (complete with the sign on the mountain), and the journey includes a pass through what looks like Beverly Hills. Shrek and Fiona journey to the land of Far, Far Away, where the stuffy king and the queen mum live. Come to think of it, that was the theme of the first one as well. Oh, perhaps it's a bit more complex than that - perhaps it's whether Fiona would love Shrek, no matter what he looked like. And quickly, the main question of the film - conveniently, it was the main question of the first film - is whether love conquers all. Meanwhile, a Fairy Godmother (Jennifer Saunders) offers help to Fiona. Naturally, this doesn't sit particularly well with the king, and soon he's hired a hit man - Puss in Boots, no less, voiced by Antonio Banderas - to bump off his new son in law. Imagine their surprise when the honeymooning ogres show up! Seems the king and queen haven't heard that a) Fiona's an ogre and b) that her husband is one, too. At the beginning of 2, Shrek and Fiona have been invited by Fiona's parents (John Cleese and Julie Andrews) to the family castle.

The gang at Dreamworks was smart enough not to monkey around with a winning formula, so you have all the wit and charm of Shrek (Mike Myers), Fiona (Cameron Diaz), Donkey (Eddie Murphy), and all the fantastic fairy-tale creatures. Fans of the first will be ga-ga over the second.

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