An animated treat for all ages. Our hero is a big green ogre, living happily in his swamp, minding his own business. The local landlord decides to evict all the fairytale characters from his lands, and dump them in the ogre's swamp, causing unbearable stress for the ogre. So, together with a donkey who has decided to make the ogre his best friend, our hero makes a deal: he will get his swamp back after he rescues a young woman from a castle, where she is guarded by a dragon. What no one counted on, was who would fall in love with who...
Voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Chris Miller, Conrad Vernon
Director
Andrew Adamson
Screenplay
Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman, based on the book by William Steig
Music
Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell, James McKee Smith
Cinematography
Juan Ruiz Anchía
Sound formats
Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack
Not available
Made in
2001
Produced by
DreamWorks SKG, Pacific Data Images (PDI)
Ratings
Scale (Max)
20
South African Media
The MoviesiteIan Douglas
13
Cape ArgusAdrian Monteath
15
Cape ArgusBianca Coleman
20
Cape TimesWilhelm Snyman
15
The StarJanine Walker
18
Die BurgerMariana Malan
15
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge
15
SA City LifeTony Jackman
15
International Media
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson
10
Box Office (USA)Wade Major
10
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli
18
Total Film (UK)Dan Jolin
15
Film Review (UK)Jason Caro
15
Uncut (UK)Neil Smith
20
Empire (UK)Ian Nathan
15
Internet (IMDB)3376 Netizens
18
Average .. 77%
15
Visitor Ratings
Dion Scher (27)
18
Kobus de Beer (35)
16
Angel Kostov (19)
18
Robyn Eldon (17)
20
Francois van Vuuren (23)
18
Herman v Nokeyman (22)
16
Anna Cudlipp (45)
18
Craig Nicholson (24)
18
Jaco van der Merwe (32)
20
Average .. 90%
18
Visitor Comments
Ian Douglas: Ground-breaking animation and a delicious twist in the tale make this a family treat.
Dion Scher (27): What a brilliant movie, full of satire and humourous comedy, a treat for all ages. The graphics hit new heights in their realism. The story is well told and the characters lovable. A must see unless you hate animation, in which case my sympathies.
Francois van Vuuren (23): Excellent for both young and old. Definetley one of the better animated movies. Only drawback is the running time. Nonetheless a very interesting and nice ''popcorn'' movie.
Herman v Nokeyman (22): Brilliant animation and even more brilliant humour. Better than a romantic comedy !
Craig Nicholson (24): Excellent animation - better than Disney at least. Very humourous appealing to people in their 20's.
Jaco van der Merwe (32): One of the best movies of the year. An extremely clever and funny script with an hilarious characterization by Eddie Murphy. What a joy to watch!
