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Carrie Marshall

Netflix movie of the day: Shrek is so good we'll almost forgive Mike Myers' truly terrible Scots accent

Shrek.
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After what feels like about thirty sequels it's sometimes easy to forget that the original Shrek movie was a breath of fresh air – well, as fresh as you're gonna get in a swamp. It set a template that's informed all kinds of animations since with its mix of kid-delighting gross-out gags, more edgy jokes for the grown-ups and a wholly irreverent attitude that saw it taking pot-shots at a certain movie studio and theme park provider. 

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