Shrek
(2001)
Overview
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
Directors
Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Writers
Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman
Top Billed
Mike Myers
Keywords
Top Billed Cast
Crew
Reviews
Cwf97
⭐ 10/10May 10, 2021
Shrek is a masterpiece! It helped subvert the Disney Renaissance formula with great humor and heart. Myers, Murphy, Diaz and Lithgow did a great job voicing the characters. Now that this film is 20 years old, I am glad it existed.
GenerationofSwine
⭐ 10/10January 12, 2023
Eddie Murphy was actually funny in this. I mean he was 1980s Eddie Murphy style funny in this. It was like he was at the top of his game again.
It makes you miss Eddie. What we have today is not the glory that he once was.
But, beyond the great return of funny Eddie...there is a wonderful dark humor that goes great with an otherwise wholesome and moving moral.
핸키
⭐ 9/10January 14, 2023
It was so fun and a new try. 하하
CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10September 2, 2023
Poor old ogre "Shrek" just want to be left alone, that's all - he's got a bit of the Greta Garbo's about him. Rather inconveniently, though, nasty Lord "Farquaad" who has a little of the Napoleon syndrome about him, banishes all the fairytale creatures from his lands and so they turn up on the doorstep of our green friend. How can he be rid of them all? Well together with his new (and frankly quite annoying friend) "Donkey" they head to the castl… read the rest.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$60,000,000
Revenue
$489,676,241