«Shrek,» based on a well - loved children's book by William Steig, has plenty going for it: The story of a fat, cranky, green ogre with no social skills, it has a rough - and - tumble jauntiness that's often hard to resist. (salon.com)
The movie has been so long in the making at DreamWorks that the late Chris Farley was originally intended to voice the jolly green ogre in the title role. (rogerebert.com)
He» s a big green ogre who lives alone in a swamp and likes it that way. (killermoviereviews.com)