Shrek

Name: Shrek
Director: Andrew Adamson
Released: 2001

2001

5.00

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Mike MyersShrek / Blind Mouse (voice)
Eddie MurphyDonkey (voice)
Cameron DiazPrincess Fiona (voice)
John LithgowLord Farquaad (voice)
Vincent CasselMonsieur Hood (voice)
Peter DennisOgre Hunter (voice)
Clive PearseOgre Hunter (voice)
Jim CummingsCaptain of Guards (voice)
Bobby BlockBaby Bear (voice)
Chris MillerGeppetto / Magic Mirror (voice)

Recommendations

100
Washington Post
It's wondrous, it's fabulous, it's -- all but unprecedented.
100
Chicago Sun-Times
This is not your average family cartoon. Shrek is jolly and wicked, filled with sly in-jokes and yet somehow possessing a heart.
100
Washington Post
A movie that appeals to the eye, mind, heart and funny bone; that's a pretty good quadruple for any movie.
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)
The script, instead of being what we tolerate in order to savor the visuals, is a delight all by itself.
90
Chicago Reader
A movie whose story may be even more innovative than the superreal solidity of the animated characters.
75
San Francisco Chronicle
As innocent as a Disney movie -- and a lot more entertaining.
75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
While Shrek may trek into that dark territory and has some questionable values simmering beneath the surface, its characters are delightful enough and the film is just sweet-natured and visually sophiscated enough to avoid sinking into the swamp.
63
Chicago Tribune
Alternately sweet and mean, sophisticated and vulgar, witty and base, dazzling and ugly, charming and charmless.

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