Kids will love the plot, parents will love the jokes.
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Shrek (2001)
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Reviews Counted:170
Fresh:152
Rotten:18
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: 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.
Theatrical Release:May 18, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $266,982,666
Synopsis: Set in a strange, colorful land populated by fairy tale characters, SHREK is a hilarious comedy that will win over audiences of children and adults alike. Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) is a fearsome... [More]
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow
Director: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
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Reviews for Shrek
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10/18/08
No one has ever made a funnier jackass of himself than Murphy.
09/01/08
Top CriticHugely entertaining, sassy and great-looking...
09/01/08
No review available.
12/27/07
Unique brand of entertainment: Simple and straightforward in its textal surface, but sophisticated and witty in subtextual connotations, including racy barbs addressed at Disney, which until recently had monopoly on animation fare, but not anynmore.
05/03/07
What gives Shrek its special artistic distinction is its witty and knowingly sassy dialogue, delivered by vocally charismatic performers whose voices remind us of their stellar screen personae in live-action movies.
04/27/07
Top CriticShrek is amusing and charming and it stands on it's own, but it does not rival Disney's best and I'm not saying it needs to, but that simply is the bar.
09/27/06
Gag by gag -- and there's a stream -- it's merrily irreverent, visually and vocally. The bigger picture, though, is rather more conventional.
06/24/06
Top CriticI seem to be the only one in the world unimpressed by this so-so animated feature.
05/26/06
Absolute perfection!
12/31/05
Bottom line: the story satisfies and the jokes avoid juvenile cliches.
12/06/05
What saves this movie are the performances by the actors, particularly Murphy and Myers.
09/30/05
Truth be told, it's damn enjoyable.
01/29/05
Shrek's pros outweigh its cons, making this overall a delightful and fun entertainment with a refreshingly honest message.
12/06/04
A solid second outing by DreamWorks/PDI, with truly biting entertaining moments scattered throughout the film.
06/12/04
The animation...is amazing.
05/22/04
Excelente fábula que encanta tanto crianças quanto adultos graças ao seu humor ácido e ao seu visual impressionante.
07/25/03
Not coincidentally, most of the really good stuff here will go over young kids' heads.
05/22/03
...Altogether hip and clever, and the computer-generated 3-D animation is impeccably crisp and colorful.
02/08/03
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