Shrek (2001)
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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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... Shrek / Blind Mouse (voice)
... Donkey (voice)
... Princess Fiona (voice)
... Lord Farquaad (voice)
... Monsieur Hood (voice)
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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.
Writer:
Ted Elliott (Writer)
Roger S.H. Schulman (Writer)
Joe Stillman (Writer)
Terry Rossio (Writer)
Jenna Grigg Thomas (Story Supervisor)
Kelly Asbury (Story Artist)
William Steig (Book)
Release Date:
2001-05-18
Run Time:
90 min
MMPA Rating:
PG
Reviews of
Shrek
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.
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.
It was so fun and a new try. νν
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 castle where they are given challenge: go and rescue the Princess "Fiona" from her dragon-guarded castle tower and bring her to marry the diminutive dictator. Off they go on a series of fun escapades that introduce us to all the creatures in the forest - including a decidedly French "Robin Hood , "Pinocchio", "Peter Pan" - indeed, just about everyone from the fables pantheon. Do they achieve their mission - we you will just have to watch and see; but along the way the jokes have plenty to amuse older audiences with a screenplay that pokes some gentle fun at some prevailing stereotypes on beauty, loyalty, bullying, sexuality - you name it. Murphy is still fearsomely annoying - sorry, but Messrs. Myers, Lithgow and Cassel along with Cameron Diaz add richness to the punchy script and to the excellent and enjoyably colourful animation to create a film that has stood the test of time well.
Cast & Crew of
Shrek
Cast
... Shrek / Blind Mouse (voice)
... Donkey (voice)
... Princess Fiona (voice)
... Lord Farquaad (voice)
... Monsieur Hood (voice)
... Ogre Hunter (voice)
... Ogre Hunter (voice)
... Captain of the Guards (voice)
... Baby Bear (voice)
... Geppetto / Magic Mirror (voice)
... Pinnochio / Three Pigs (voice)
... Old Woman (voice)
... Peter Pan (voice)
... Blind Mouse / Thelonious (voice)
... Blind Mouse (voice)
... Gingerbread Man (voice)
... Wrestling Man (voice)
... Merry Man (voice)
... Merry Man (voice)
... Merry Man (voice)
... Merry Man (voice)
... Merry Man (voice)
... Bishop (voice)
Crew
... Executive Producer
... Editor
... Producer
... Original Music Composer
... Costume Design
... Production Design
... Art Direction
... Original Music Composer
... Casting
... Art Direction
... Director
... Producer
... Executive Producer
... Producer
... Director
... Songs
... Production Accountant
... Other
... Co-Executive Producer
... Associate Producer
... Co-Producer
... Co-Producer
... Other
... Additional Dialogue
... Additional Dialogue
... Additional Dialogue
... Thanks
... Thanks
... Thanks
... Color Timer
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Thanks
... Visual Effects
... Thanks
... Casting Associate
... Visual Effects
... Post-Production Manager
... Music Editor
... Supervising Animator
... Animation Director
... Sculptor
... Post Production Supervisor
... Production Controller
... Music Supervisor
... I/O Supervisor
... Visual Development
... Production Coordinator
... Sequence Supervisor
... First Assistant Editor
... Second Film Editor
... Editorial Coordinator
... First Assistant Sound Editor
... Projection
... Lighting Artist
... Production Manager
... Modeling
... Production Supervisor
... Sound Mixer
... Sound Effects Editor
... Production Illustrator
... Set Designer
... Additional Music
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Orchestrator
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Supervising Technical Director
... Conductor
... Character Designer
... Assistant Sound Editor
... Roto Supervisor
... Negative Cutter
... ADR Supervisor
... Stereoscopic Coordinator
... Foley Editor
... Musician
... ADR & Dubbing
... Animation
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... ADR & Dubbing
... Animation
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... Set Designer
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... Supervising Dialogue Editor
... Software Engineer
... Animation
... Art Department Coordinator
... Creature Technical Director
... Visual Effects
... Modeling
... Musician
... Software Engineer
... Software Engineer
... Animation
... Animation
... Production Coordinator
... Cloth Setup
... Animation Director
... Animation Director
... Visual Effects
... Software Engineer
... Production Supervisor
... Visual Effects
... Visual Effects
... Modeling
... ADR & Dubbing
... Software Engineer
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Visual Effects
... Visual Effects
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Layout
... Creature Technical Director
... Visual Effects
... Visual Effects
... Software Engineer
... Software Engineer
... Animation
... Cloth Setup
... First Assistant Editor
... Painter
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... Software Engineer
... Visual Effects
... Musician
... Orchestrator
... Animation
... Animation Director
... Layout
... Musician
... Animation Supervisor
... Animation
... Art Department Assistant
... Creature Technical Director
... Creature Technical Director
... Creature Technical Director
... Modeling
... Musician
... Musician
... Musician
... ADR & Dubbing
... ADR & Dubbing
... Animation
... Creature Technical Director
... Visual Effects
... ADR Supervisor
... Software Engineer
... Software Engineer
... Animation
... Creature Technical Director
... Supervising Technical Director
... Visual Effects
... Animation Department Coordinator
... Software Engineer
... Creature Technical Director
... Creature Technical Director
... Animation Director
... Visual Effects
... Software Engineer
... Software Engineer
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Casting Associate
... ADR & Dubbing
... Production Accountant
... Cloth Setup
... Cloth Setup
... Visual Effects
... Layout
... Modeling
... Software Engineer
... Production Coordinator
... First Assistant Sound Editor
... Musician
... Software Engineer
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Creature Technical Director
... Creature Technical Director
... Opening/Ending Animation
... Foley
... Layout
... Character Modelling Supervisor
... Musician
... Orchestrator
... Musician
... Sound Effects Editor
... Sound Recordist
... Additional Sound Re-Recordist
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Musician
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Layout
... Layout
... Layout
... Modeling
... Modeling
... Orchestrator
... Layout
... Creature Technical Director
... Musician
... Mixing Engineer
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Orchestrator
... Production Illustrator
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Musician
... Musician
... Musician
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Musician
... Production Illustrator
... Production Illustrator
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Orchestrator
... Sequence Supervisor
... Supervising Technical Director
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Layout
... Layout
... Creature Technical Director
... Painter
... Painter
... Musician
... Sound Effects Editor
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Musician
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Musician
... Musician
... Musician
... Musician
... Orchestrator
... Production Coordinator
... Production Coordinator
... Sculptor
... Musician
... Musician
... Sequence Supervisor
... Sequence Supervisor
... Musician
... Production Accountant
... Production Coordinator
... Sequence Supervisor
... Foley Editor
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Sequence Supervisor
... Sound Effects Editor
... Writer
... Writer
... Writer
... Visual Effects
... Writer
... ADR & Dubbing
... Sound Recordist
... ADR Recordist
... Head of Production
... Story Supervisor
... Receptionist
... Stereoscopic Supervisor
... Art Department Production Assistant
... Matte Painter
... Rotoscoping Artist
... Stereoscopic Technical Director
... ADR Mixer
... Assistant Sound Engineer
... Human Resources
... Production Assistant
... ADR Engineer
... Sound Assistant
... Story Artist
... Foley Mixer
... Foley Recordist
... Foley Artist
... Post Coordinator
... Storyboard Artist
... Animation Technical Director
... Head of Layout
... Additional Editor
... Visual Effects
... Book
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