Article: PICK OF THE FESTIVE FILMS.

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Daily Mail (London)
Article date:
December 23, 2004
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Byline: STEVE MORRISSEY

So many movies, so little time- Steve Morrissey selects the best of the seasonal selection

Christmas Eve

SHREK 6.40pm BBC1

What is it with Mike Myers? Everything he touches is a success. First Wayne's World, then Austin Powers and now the Shrek franchise. But just why he decided to make his vocal characterisation of the 7ft green ogre sound like Robbie Coltrane is anybody's guess. Anyway, here is the Scottish-sounding giant teaming up with Eddie Murphy's streetsmart donkey to rescue a not-so-beautiful princess (voiced by Cameron Diaz). Shrek is one of the key films in this new golden age of animation, the one ...

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