Rotten
However cunning the rendering of surfaces, there's still something flat and charmless in the digital look, and most of the pleasure rises not from the main romance but from the quick, incidental gags.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Shrek
The greatest fairy tale never told.
2001 · 1h 30m · PG
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Andrew Adamson
,
Vicky Jenson
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Andrew Adamson Director
- Vicky Jenson Director
- Mike Myers as Shrek (voice)
- Eddie Murphy as Donkey (voice)
- Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona (voice)
- John Lithgow as Lord Farquaad (voice)
- Vincent Cassel as Monsieur Hood (voice)
- Peter Dennis as Ogre Hunter (voice)
- Clive Pearse as Ogre Hunter (voice)
- Jim Cummings as Captain of Guards (voice)
- Bobby Block Cast
- Chris Miller Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The brilliance of the voice work, script, direction and animation all serve to make Shrek an adorable, infectious work of true sophistication.
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
Rotten
Shrek's ability to fit in a number of touching, funny moments says much about the intelligence and wit behind it. It's just a shame that the film is never as clever or as hip as it so desperately feels the need to be.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Rotten
After a 90-minute onslaught of in-jokes, here's the real punch line: Shrek strives to have a heart. Supposedly there's a message about beauty coming from within, but somehow it rings hollow.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Fresh
The charms of Shrek, which is based on the children's book by William Steig, go far beyond in-jokes for adults.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
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