A magical land requires the help of the most unlikeliest of heroes, a grumpy ogre named Shrek, in this DreamWorks...
A magical land requires the help of the most unlikeliest of heroes, a grumpy ogre named Shrek, in this DreamWorks animated fairy tale satire.
In a faraway land called Duloc, a heartless ruler, the diminutive Lord Farquaad, has banished all the fairy tale beings from the land so it can be as boring as he is. And then there's Shrek, a disgusting green ogre who lives in a swamp. One day, he finds that all the kingdom's banished fairtale creatures have ended up in his swamp. To get rid of them, Shrek agrees with Lord Farquaad that he will find Princess Fiona and bring her back to the kingdom so that Farquaad can marry her. And so his adventure begins...
Shrek was the very first film to win Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards when the category was first introduced in 2001.
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12+Age suitabilityChildren & Media rating
"An instant animated classic."
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Variety
Variety"However much Shrek might expand the visual palette of computer animation, much more important is the wit and compassion the CG animators at PDI/DreamWorks bring to this fractured fairy tale."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"A world-class charmer."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"The witty, fractured fairy tale, Shrek has a solid base of clever writing."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Beating up on the irritatingly dainty Disney trademarks is nothing new; it's just that it has rarely been done with the demolition-derby zest of Shrek."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Toy Story 2 had a higher in-jokes/laughs ratio without straining to demonstrate its hipness or to evoke heartfelt emotions."
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune"Much of it seems a little sad, a deconstructivist overlay of jaded irony."
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The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail"Jolly and wicked, filled with sly in-jokes and yet somehow possessing a heart."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Beautifully written, gloriously animated and tastily subversive."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"A laugh a minute..."
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The Guardian
The GuardianShrek | Details
- Runtime
- 90
- Genre
- Kids & Family
- Country of origin
- USA
