1. This fable structure is allied to both a witty cynicism and sense of fun, which pervades the entire movie in equal measure.
2. DreamWorks Pictures again proves a name to trust for imaginative, funny animated movies that delight kids and adults equally.
3. One of those rare animated films that will delight and engage children while entertaining adults to no end.
4. It's possible to groan, chuckle, wince and be moist-eyed, sometimes in a span of seven or eight minutes.
5. A heck of a lot of fun -- even if you don't believe in fairy tales.
6. Swift, sweet, irreverent, rangy and as spirited in the writing and voice work as it is splendid in design.
7. DreamWorks' first animated film to blow Disney out of the water.
8. The rendering of the displaced fairy-tale gang is wonderfully done.
9. It has the big green earmarks of a classic.
10. Not quite as clever as the Toy Story films, but still features some first-rate vocal performances by Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and John Lithgow.
While simultaneously embracing and subverting fairy tales, the irreverent Shrek also manages to tweak Disney's nose, provide a moral message to children, and offer viewers a funny, fast-paced ride.

1. The uninitiated will still find it a terrible chore to sit through.
2. If someone in your household is in the midst of Pokemon fever, you'll be there. If not, not. That was easy.
3. Excruciating as it can be for parents to endure, it may be worthwhile for kids to see the movie.
4. That the film doesn't hold that much appeal to me is hardly surprising, and in the end immaterial.
5. Has neither drama or comedy ... or a decent story.
6. Just another plastic accessory in the wildly popular world of Pokemon.
7. A class-A migraine in soupy, gloopy Technicolor.
8. There's a lot of motion but scant emotion.
9. Some films are Adults Only. Others are Family Viewing. Some should be No Parents Allowed -- for their own sanity's sake.
10. Older siblings and adults: Just enjoy the uninterrupted slumber this film provides to anyone over 16.
Despite being somewhat more exciting than the previous film, this kiddy flick still lacks any real adventure or excitement. What is does contain is choppy animation and poor voice acting. Doesn't match up to virtually anything out there.

1. Equally earnest and unconvincing.
2. Evokes the intimacies of teenage girls with unusual delicacy, and Perabo's performance is a geyser of emotion.
3. Pool and Thompson have turned a tough-minded, solid narrative into a campy piece of kitsch that panders to teenage angst.
4. Boasts a blistering performance by emerging American star Piper Perabo.
5. Isn't it possible to be true to one's heart without self-destructing?
6. Pool is an assured director, not afraid to explore the darker side of adolescence with integrity.
7. Its treatment of the operatic highs and lows of young love and heartbreak feels right emotionally, even though the film tells its story rather awkwardly.
8. The full-throttle, almost Victorian Age hysteria overcomes Pool's usually dependable direction as well as her actors' performances.
9. Stirred within me memories of that season in adolescence when the heart leaps up in passionate idealism -- and inevitably mingles it with sexual desire.
10. Geez, where's Mrs. Garrett when you need her?
Lost and Delirious becomes exactly that, as the film sinks into overwrought melodrama and cliched, obvious symbolism.

1. Nanny McPhee may well delight kids -- if not eternally -- but their adult chaperones, hoping for pleasures of their own from the Thompson-Firth contingent, are bound to find it a bit lacking.
2. ... an appealing tale of youthful empowerment and whimsy.
3. Both very odd and very straightforward.
4. What could have been just a middling kids' movie turns out to be sweet and humorous, the first truly joyful film of 2006.
5. Emma Thompson has provided an amazing script that is smart and wholesome (what a charming change from the usual)
6. It's about time somebody put some enchantment back into the profession, and McPhee is the appealing and visually vibrant family film diversion that provides the spark.
7. The comparisons to Mary Poppins may be inevitable, but Nanny McPhee has more in common with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the Gene Wilder, not the Johnny Depp) than it does with anything chim chim cheree...
8. Likely to fascinate children, even if it may leave adults bored at times.
9. a thoroughly charming story that has enough magic and slapstick to please the youngsters, and enough heart to make mom and dad happy
10. The film delivers the kind of humor and excitement that is expected from the genre, with an extra helping of deviance and sharp wit.

A bit alarming at first, Nanny McPhee has a hard edge to counter Mary Poppins-style sweetness, but it still charms us and teaches some valuable lessons.