Shrek 2

"What happens after happily ever after?"

2004 1h 32m EN

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7.3

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89%

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METACRITIC

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7.4

IMDB

★7.3TMDB · 13,851🍅89%Rotten Tomatoes●75Metacritic★7.4IMDB · 550,541

AnimationComedyFamilyFantasyRomance

Synopsis

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Happily ever after never seemed so far far away when a trip to meet the in-laws turns into a hilariously twisted adventure for Shrek and Fiona. With the help of ever-faithful Donkey, Shrek takes on the potion-brewing Fairy Godmother, pompous Prince Charming, and infamous ogre-killer Puss In Boots.

“What happens after happily ever after?”

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Cast

Mike Myers
Shrek (voice)
Eddie Murphy
Donkey (voice)
Cameron Diaz
Princess Fiona (voice)
Julie Andrews
Queen Lillian (voice)
Antonio Banderas
Puss in Boots (voice)
John Cleese
King Harold (voice)
Rupert Everett
Prince Charming (voice)
Jennifer Saunders
Fairy Godmother (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Conrad Vernon
Writers: Andrew Adamson, J. David Stem, Joe Stillman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$150M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.2× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Shrek Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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401+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Harry Gregson-Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Sim Evan-Jones shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Conrad Vernon directs. Harry Gregson-Williams scores. Sim Evan-Jones cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1$150M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 6.2× over at the box office.
3Released 22 years ago.
4Part of the "Shrek Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5401+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Original score by Harry Gregson-Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Sim Evan-Jones shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "What happens after happily ever after?".
10IMDB entry: tt0298148 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1113,851 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
12Classified under 26 themes, including "prison", "princess", "magic", "kingdom".
13Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Harry Gregson-Williams
Editing: Sim Evan-Jones
Production design: Guillaume Aretos
Costume design: Isis Mussenden
VFX supervisor: Ken Bielenberg
Sound: Randy Thom
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $150,000,000
Box office: $932,542,741
Return: 622% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Shrek 2 (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes: 89% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 75/100
IMDB rating: 7.4/10 · 550,541 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 18 wins & 52 nominations total

Part of

Shrek Collection

The fairytale story of a large, strong, solitude-loving, intimidating ogre named Shrek, and his friends.

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Conrad Vernon

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John2021-04-07
★ 8/10
In an animated movie marathon with the kids, this one finds a way to hold on.
CinemaSerf2024-12-30
★ 7/10
Now proud to be green, "Shrek" and "Fiona" return to his forest home for years of games of happy families. Their return doesn't start well, though, when they open the door and discover that "Donkey" has already arrived and made himself at home! They are newlyweds. They just want to be alone. How thick can that critter be? Then to make matters worse, a royal herald arrives to invite them all to the castle for a state banquet to celebrate their recent nuptials. Thing is, neither parent knows that "Fiona" has now gone the turned into an ogre! Unsurprisingly, the King and Queen don't quite take this in their stride and after some initially polite protocol it's pretty much open warfare. Meantime, the pretty hapless "Prince Charming" still has a bit of a crush on the princess and so connives with the not so benign "Fairy Godmother" to upset their apple-cart of domestic bliss. Now there's no getting away from it for me, I am not a fan of Eddie Murphy in just about any of his guises, and here his interpretation of the annoying donkey does just that - and after about ten minutes of the relentless (unfunny) prattle, I'd have happily paid for him to go to a sanctuary, ideally on the moon. The rest of this is quite entertaining though, with loads of mischief and calamity ensuing as this family has to learn that it's not all about appearances. Judge folks on their actions and who they are and maybe you'll discover that being big and rough round the edges is no bad thing. The suave and debonaire "Puss In Boots" steals the thing for me and I did enjoy the idea of the anti-fairy wreaking mischief and not so much cheesy joy. There's plenty in the script for the grown ups as well as for the kids and I thought this almost as good as the first one (2001). Good fun.