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- 2001
- Andrew Adamson
- 86 mins
- U
Summary
Animated fantasy comedy featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz. Shrek is a grumpy green ogre whose swamp is overrun with homeless traditional fairy-tale characters. To get them evicted by evil Lord Farquaad, he must rescue Princess Fiona from her dragon-guarded tower, with only a talking donkey for company.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Andrew Collins
This irreverent, occasionally scatological fantasy from DreamWorks launched a hit franchise to rival Pixar's Toy Story. Shrek is an ugly, antisocial green ogre (voiced in a variable Scottish accent by Mike Myers), who must rescue a human princess (Cameron Diaz) in order to appease evil Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) and rid his swamp of an infestation of traditional fairy-tale characters: three little pigs, a Pinocchio-style character and so on. The animation was cutting edge for its day, but it's the characters that carry this beauty-and-the-beast story. The only problem, and it's very minor, is the degree to which Eddie Murphy's Donkey - a partly improvised vocal turn to match Robin Williams's in Aladdin - steals the film. However, kids will love it, while adults can enjoy the relentless Disney-mocking.
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Cast
rolenameShrek / Blind mouseMike MyersDonkeyEddie MurphyPrincess FionaCameron DiazLord FarquaadJohn LithgowMonsieur HoodVincent CasselOgre hunterPeter DennisOld womanKathleen Freeman
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rolenameDirectorAndrew AdamsonDirectorVicky Jenson
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Theatrical distributor
UIP
Released on
2001-06-29
Languages
English | English
Available on
video, DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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