Shrek (2001)
89%RT Audience Score: 90%
Awards & Nominations: Won 1 Oscar
40 wins & 60 nominations total
While simultaneously embracing and subverting fairy tales, the irreverent Shrek also manages to tweak Disney’s nose, provide a moral message to children, and offer viewers a funny, fast-paced ride.
Shrek is the ultimate fairy tale parody that still holds up 20 years later. It’s a hilarious and heartwarming story about accepting yourself for who you are, even if you’re an ogre with questionable hygiene. The animation may not be as polished as today’s standards, but it adds to the charm of the film. Plus, who can forget the iconic soundtrack and the endless pop culture references? Shrek is a classic that will continue to make audiences laugh and smile for generations to come.
Production Company(ies)
Lionsgate Media Rights Capital, T-Street
Distributor
DreamWorks SKG
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Glendale, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for mild language and some crude humor
Year of Release
2001
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:NA
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Runtime:1h 29m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): May 18, 2001 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 19, 2003
Genre(s)
Comedy/Fantasy
Keyword(s)
starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, directed by Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson, written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H Schulman, William Steig, comedy, fantasy, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Rachel Klein, Andrew O’Hagan, Alexander Walker, Anthony Quinn, Jeffrey Katzenberg, PG rating, DreamWorks SKG, produced by Aron Warner, John H Williams, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital, Scope (2.35:1), Shrek, Blind Mouse, Donkey, Princess Fiona, Lord Farquaad, Ogre Hunter, DreamWorks, fairy tale, animation, Toy Story, Chicken Run, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ice Age, Monsters, Inc
Worldwide gross: $488,351,320
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $823,012,838
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 138
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 89,750,582
US/Canada gross: $268,163,011
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $451,932,024
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 89
US/Canada opening weekend: $42,347,760
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $71,368,191
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 131
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $60,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $101,117,307
Production budget ranking: 404
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $54,451,670
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $667,443,861
ROI to date (est.): 429%
ROI ranking: 316
Eddie Murphy – Donkey (voice)
Cameron Diaz – Princess Fiona (voice)
John Lithgow – Lord Farquaad (voice)
Peter Dennis – Ogre Hunter (voice)
Clive Pearse – Ogre Hunter (voice)
Director(s)
Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Writer(s)
Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman, William Steig
Producer(s)
Aron Warner, John H. Williams, Jeffrey Katzenberg
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
40 wins & 60 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Animated Feature Film Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
All Critics (211) | Top Critics (57) | Fresh (186) | Rotten (25)
Turning the fairy-tale genre on its head was a clever, if not totally novel, notion at the time, and Shrek still retains much of its ironic charm 20 years later.
October 22, 2021
Rachel Klein
Bitch Media
TOP CRITIC
Here is a movie of the times, funny, enjoyable, perfect-looking, and altogether original in a way that might cause us to look again at the meaning of the word.
June 9, 2015
Andrew O’Hagan
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Shrek is alive, and with dark, sly and absolutely hilarious irreverence lampooning every once-sacred characteristic of the nursery kingdom. Shrek is a subversive joy..
June 9, 2015
Alexander Walker
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
With improbable finesse it buffs up some of the oldest tropes of storytelling and then gives them a mischievous tilt, so that we appear to be watching a celebration of a genre and a sneaky subversion of it at the same time.
June 9, 2015
Anthony Quinn
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
What the film lacks is the faintest glimmer of charm.
November 25, 2013
Anthony Lane
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
Shrek may not have the class of Buzz Lightyear, but he’s a lovable great lunk, and you could do a lot worse this summer than see this.
November 25, 2013
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
Everything about Shrek is good. It’s all at once such an oddball movie and a towering achievement in animation; I think one fuels the other. Hot take: Shrek is a great movie!
June 25, 2022
Cory Woodroof
615 Film
…Shrek has a positive message about accepting yourself for who you are.
May 11, 2021
Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
20 years later, Shrek remains a timeless animated classic thanks to its exceptional, highly-entertaining story, which comes packed with a multitude of amusing moments, and marvelous, fleshed-out characters that have you engaged every step of the way.
May 10, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
Jeff Beck
The Blu Spot
Classic fairy tale fantasy. (In some ways this 20th Anniversary Special Edition 4K HD blu-ray release sharpens the relatively early [2001] CGI animation highlighting the processes flaws).
May 8, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
Peter Canavese
Celluloid Dreams
The most effective moments arrive in the form of clever visual gags related to well-known fairy tales.
November 9, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Shrek is unashamed of its modern flourishes. At the same time, especially for young viewers, it works very well as a straightforward and quite funny fable. The animation, coordinated by directors Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, is impressive.
February 26, 2020
Kathi Maio
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction…
Plot
When a green ogre named Shrek discovers his swamp has been ‘swamped’ with all sorts of fairytale creatures by the scheming Lord Farquaad, Shrek sets out with a very loud donkey by his side to ‘persuade’ Farquaad to give Shrek his swamp back. Instead, a deal is made. Farquaad, who wants to become the King, sends Shrek to rescue Princess Fiona, who is awaiting her true love in a tower guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. But once they head back with Fiona, it starts to become apparent that not only does Shrek, an ugly ogre, begin to fall in love with the lovely princess, but Fiona is also hiding a huge secret.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
John Lithgow voices the villainous Lord Farquaad in Shrek.
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