Shrek 2 (2004)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Directors:

Andrew Adamson
Kelly Asbury
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Writers:

William Steig (book)
Andrew Adamson (story)
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Release Date:

19 May 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

In summer 2004, they're back for more....

Plot:

Princess Fiona's parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres.

Plot Keywords:

Shrek | Ogre | King | Princess | Cat

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 34 nominations

Cast

Mike Myers	...	Shrek (voice)
Eddie Murphy	...	Donkey (voice)
Cameron Diaz	...	Princess Fiona (voice)
Julie Andrews	...	Queen (voice)
Antonio Banderas	...	Puss In Boots (voice)
John Cleese	...	King (voice)
Rupert Everett	...	Prince Charming (voice)
Jennifer Saunders	...	Fairy Godmother (voice)
Aron Warner	...	Wolf (voice)
Kelly Asbury	...	Page / Elf / Nobleman / Nobleman's Son (voice)
Cody Cameron	...	Pinocchio / Three Pigs (voice)
Conrad Vernon	...	Gingerbread Man / Cedric / Announcer / Muffin Man / Mongo (voice)
Christopher Knights	...	Blind Mouse (voice)
David P. Smith	...	Herald / Man with Box (voice)
Mark Moseley	...	Mirror / Dresser (voice)
Kelly Cooney	...	Fast Food Clerk (voice)
Wendy Bilanski	...	Bar Frog (voice)
Larry King	...	Ugly Stepsister (voice)
Guillaume Aretos	...	Receptionist (voice)
Chris Miller	...	Humphries / Magic Mirror (voice)
Latifa Ouaou	...	Doll / Jill (voice)
Alina Phelan	...	Maiden #1 / Generic Female #2 (voice)
Erika Thomas	...	Maiden #2 (voice)
Joan Rivers	...	Joan Rivers (voice)
Andrew Adamson	...	Captain of the Guards (voice)

Directed by
Andrew Adamson
Kelly Asbury
Conrad Vernon

Writing credits
William Steig		(book)
Andrew Adamson		(story)
Andrew Adamson		(screenplay) and
Joe Stillman		(screenplay) and
J. David Stem		(screenplay) &
David N. Weiss		(screenplay)
Chris Miller		additional dialogue

Produced by
Jeffrey Katzenberg	....	executive producer
David Lipman	....	producer
Aron Warner	....	producer
John H. Williams	....	producer

Original Music by
Harry Gregson-Williams

Film Editing by
Michael Andrews
Sim Evan-Jones

Casting by
Leslee Feldman

Production Design by
Guillaume Aretos

Art Direction by
Steve Pilcher

Costume Design by
Isis Mussenden

Production Management
Andrew Birch	....	post-production supervisor
Denise Nolan Cascino	....	production manager
Kristen D. Chidel	....	production manager
Tony Cosanella	....	production supervisor
Jennifer Dahlman	....	production supervisor
Holly Edwards	....	production supervisor
Jennifer Freeman	....	production supervisor
Philip R. Garrett	....	production supervisor
Jerome Solomon	....	technical production manager
Claudia Southmartin	....	production supervisor
Jenna Grigg Thomas	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Yuri Bartoli	....	illustrator
Craig Edelblut	....	set designer
Steven E. Gordon	....	storyboard artist
Kory Heinzen	....	production illustrator
Shannon Jeffries	....	illustrator
Noah Klocek	....	matte painter
Robert Koo	....	additional storyboard artist
Piet Kroon	....	additional storyboard artist
Jenny Lerew	....	storyboard artist
Robert MacKenzie	....	production illustrator
Erwin Madrid	....	production illustrator
Bob Persichetti	....	storyboard artist
Doug Pierce	....	additional set designer
Charles Rivera	....	sculptor
Jeff Snow	....	additional storyboard artist
John Stevenson	....	storyboard artist
Henrik Tamm	....	visual development
Simon Wells	....	additional storyboard artist
Paul Westcott	....	set designer
James Wood Wilson	....	production illustrator
Damon Bard	....	sculptor (uncredited)
Raman Hui	....	additional storyboard artist (uncredited)
Travis Koller	....	junior illustrator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ryeland Allison	....	sound programmer
Chris Barron	....	digital sound transferer
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Burby	....	digital editorial services
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Scott Cochran	....	sound engineer
John Countryman	....	digital sound transferer
Travis Crenshaw	....	foley recordist
Edwin Dunkley	....	video services
Will Edwards	....	sound recordist
Coya Elliott	....	assistant sound effects editor
Andre Fenley	....	sound effects editor
Will Files	....	assistant sound designer
Jonathan Greber	....	digital sound transferer
J.R. Grubbs	....	sound effects editor
Scott Guitteau	....	sound effects editor
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
David C. Hughes	....	additional sound designer
David Hunter	....	digital editorial services
Mark Kenna	....	sound consultant: Dolby (foreign language versions)
Dennis Leonard	....	supervising sound editor
David Lucarelli	....	adr recordist
Marilyn McCoppen	....	adr editor
Stuart McCowan	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Frank 'Pepe' Merel	....	foley mixer
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jonathan Null	....	foley editor
Larry Oatfield	....	foley editor
Robert Renga	....	sound recordist
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Denis St. Amand	....	sound re-recording engineer
Ewa Sztompke	....	adr editor
Randy Thom	....	sound designer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
John Torrijos	....	video services
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Larry Winer	....	original dialogue recordist

Special Effects by
Matt 'Chief' Hightower	....	special effects
Arnauld Lamorlette	....	head of effects
Bill Seneshen	....	character effects lead: clothing simulation

Visual Effects by
David P. Allen	....	lead effects animator
Francois Antoine	....	visual effects
Matt Baer	....	effects animator
Stephen Bailey	....	lighter & compositor
Ken Ball	....	lighter
Damon Bard	....	sculptor
Wendy Berry	....	effects production coordinator (as Wendy S. Berry)
Ken Bielenberg	....	visual effects supervisor
Stewart Birnam	....	software developer
Liz Borges-Herzog	....	art department coordinator
Terran Boylan	....	character technical director
James Buckhouse	....	rough layout
Dave Burgess	....	CGI animator
Ted Burge	....	rendering software engineer
Markus Burki	....	effects animator
David Caeiro Cebrián	....	visual effects
Claudia Candia	....	senior texture painter
Adam Chin	....	lighter
Amy Christensen	....	lighter
Michael Collery	....	matte painting supervisor
Chanda Cummings	....	lighter
Lawrence D. Cutler	....	supervising character technical director
Brian J. Danker	....	lighter
Gilbert Davoud	....	character technical director
Daniel Dawson	....	character technical director
Brian Deans-Rowe	....	modeler
Mark A. Decker	....	lighting technical director
Alain De Hoe	....	senior effects animator
Philippe Denis	....	lighter
David Doepp	....	surfacing supervisor
Peter Farson	....	character technical director
Eric Fernandes	....	lead lighter
Oliver Finkelde	....	character effects technical director: PDI
Benjamin Fischler	....	lighter
Derek Flood	....	surfacing animator
Aaron Florez	....	surfacing
Nathan Fok	....	clothing & finaling
Sam Gebhart	....	digital painter
Jonathan Gibbs	....	visual effects lead
Philippe Gluckman	....	co-visual effects supervisor
Rick Glumac	....	visual effects animator
Lee Graft	....	clothing & finaling
Hank Grebe	....	digital paint & rotoscope artist
Laura Grieve	....	lighter
Randall Hammond	....	effects animator
John Hanashiro	....	lead film/color technician
Greg Hart	....	effects animator
Susan Hayden	....	cg supervisor
Jeff Hayes	....	modeling supervisor
Henrik Holmberg	....	matte painter
Pasha Ivanov	....	digital artist
Amy Rae Jones	....	layout artist
Kaishin Kam	....	effects artist
Kaishin Kam	....	layout artist
Yun Geuk Kang	....	modeler
Sandy Kao	....	character technical director
Jeff Kasunic	....	lighter: DreamWorks
Tim Keenan	....	clothing & finaling
Laurent Kermel	....	effects artist
Kavita Khosla	....	cloth effects
Annmarie Koenig	....	lighter
Lewis Kofsky	....	effects animator
Robert Kosai	....	clothing & finaling
Bryan Gregg LaShelle	....	render wrangler
Andre LeBlanc	....	effects animator
Michael H. Lee	....	technical director: lighting
Penny Leyton	....	character technical director
Kiki Lippman	....	lighting animator
Seth Lippman	....	effects lead
David Lipton	....	effects animator
Amber Stewart Lunderville	....	roto/paint artist
Jimmy Maldens	....	lighter
Mark Manfrey	....	effects animator
Michael Manza	....	lighter: DreamWorks Animation
Mariette Marinus	....	character technical director
Gerald McAleece III	....	rough layout
Steve McGrath	....	modeler
Andrew McPhillips	....	lighter
Barbara Meyers	....	lighter
Marc Miller	....	lighting & compositing
Tony Mitzelfelt	....	lighting technical director
Cristian Moras	....	lighter
Stephanie Mulqueen	....	lighter
Tomijann Nabors	....	digital paint artist
Gaku Nakatani	....	lighter
Julie Nelson	....	character animator
Brian Newlin	....	layout artist
Jennifer Stephenson Newlin	....	surfacing
Yuko Okumura	....	lighter
Drew Olbrich	....	research & development
Rob O'Neill	....	character technical director
Justin Onstine	....	technical director: matte painting
William Opdyke	....	visual effects
Joe Palrang	....	lighter
Patricia Pawlak	....	effects animator
Drew Perttula	....	render wrangler
Sven Pohle	....	character technical director
Gabriel Portnof	....	senior lighter
Lance Powell	....	surfacing
Konstantin Promokhov	....	effects animator
Paul Rademacher	....	research & development
Mahesh Ramasubramanian	....	visual effects
Charlie Ramos	....	modeler
Matthew Rampias	....	lighter
Keith Reicher	....	layout artist
Stacy Rentel	....	production supervisor: Lighting
Damon Riesberg	....	clothing & finaling
Robyn Rindge	....	lighting technical director
Frank Ritlop	....	lighter
Eli Rod	....	digital painter
Kevin Rodgers	....	character effects supervisor
Milton E. Rodriguez-Rios	....	CG supervisor
Carlos M. Rosas	....	senior character animator
Krzysztof Rostek	....	digital effects artist
Marlin Rowley	....	effects developer
Trina M. Roy	....	research and development
Nico Scapel	....	character technical director
Kurt Schaefer	....	research & development
York N. Schueller	....	animation technical director
Taylor Shaw	....	effects technical director
Richard Shiba	....	layout
Kevan Shorey	....	character animator: PDI/Dreamworks
Scott Singer	....	effects lead
Marty Sixkiller	....	layout technical director
Geri Smith	....	lighter
Steffen Sommer	....	texture artist
Jana Spotts	....	visual effects department supervisor
Wayne Stables	....	lighter
Dug Stanat	....	character technical director
Allen Stetson	....	animation technical director
James Stewart	....	digital artist
Peter Szewczyk	....	lighting & compositing technical director
J. Todd Taylor	....	character technical director
Joanne Thiel	....	digital effects artist
Marc Toscano	....	digital artist
Martin Usiak	....	effects animator
David Patrick Valera	....	rough layout artist/animatic
Pablo Valle	....	lighter
Dana Vanhove	....	recruiter
Gerard Van Ommen Kloeke	....	modeler
Kevin Vassey	....	clothing & finaling
Nathania Vishnevsky	....	lighter
John Wake	....	senior surfacing artist
Nick Walker	....	rough layout
Craig Welsh	....	lighter
Craig Wentworth	....	lighter
Andrew Wheeler	....	visual effects
Sean White	....	clothing & finaling
Marc Wilhite	....	character technical director: PDI
Laura Wood	....	production engineer
Gentaro Yamamoto	....	surfacing artist
Ken Yao	....	clothing & finaling
Hector Yangli Yee	....	rendering specialist: research & development
Emre Yilmaz	....	character technical director
Doug Yoshida	....	senior color/lighter
Albert Yu	....	effects animator

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Daniel Young	....	lighting technician

Animation Department
James Baxter	....	supervising animator
Linda Bel	....	animator (as Linda M. Bel)
Jeremy Bernstein	....	animator
Rudi Bloss	....	animator
Patrick Bonneau	....	animator
Dave Burgess	....	animator
Darrin Butts	....	animator
Jan Carlee	....	layout artist
Jaime Castañeda	....	animator (as Jaime Andrés Castañeda)
Tim Cheung	....	supervising animator
Kenny Chung	....	animator
Paul Chung	....	directing animator
Melanie Cordan	....	animator
Nick Craven	....	animator
Cassidy Curtis	....	character animator
Lou Dellarosa	....	animator
Roberto Espanto Domingo	....	animator
Randy Dormans	....	animator
Raffaella Filipponi	....	animator
Emilio Ghorayeb	....	animator
Antony Gray	....	animator
Todd Heapy	....	layout artist
Stephen Heidelberg	....	animation consultant
Tom Hester	....	character designer
Anthony Hodgson	....	directing animator
Mariko Hoshi	....	animator
Raman Hui	....	supervising animator
James Hull	....	animator
Ethan Hurd	....	animator
Manu Ittina	....	animator
Jeffrey Joe	....	animator
Morgan R. Kelly	....	animator
Heather Knight	....	animator
Kevin Koch	....	animator
Marek Kochout	....	animator
Serguei Kouchnerov	....	animator
Eric Lessard	....	senior animator
Philip K. Livingston Jr.	....	animator
Sean Mahoney	....	animator
Sean McLaughlin	....	animator
Chris Milano	....	production assistant: animation
Bill E. Miller	....	animator
Ken Mitchroney	....	story artist
Marlon Montgomery	....	senior animation technology coordinator
Ken Morrissey	....	animator
Luci Napier	....	animator
David Nix	....	layout artist
Kevin O'Hara	....	animator
Robert Porter	....	story artist
Mark Pudleiner	....	animator
Pres Romanillos	....	animator
Carlos M. Rosas	....	animator
Trish Schutz-Krause	....	animator
Kevan Shorey	....	animator
Jason Spencer Galsworthy	....	animator
David Spivack	....	animator
Sean Springer	....	animator
Aaron Stewart	....	production assistant: animation
Trey Thomas	....	directing animator
Van Phan	....	animator
Don Venhaus	....	animator
Dan Wagner	....	animator
Chris Wahl	....	animator
Robert Weaver	....	animator
Bob Whitehill	....	layout supervisor

Casting Department
Celeste Leger	....	casting assistant
Mickie McGowan	....	adr voice casting
Christi Soper	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nazhat Hester	....	costume researcher

Editorial Department
James Beshears	....	post-production executive
Suvi Salakka Booth	....	apprentice editor
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
Patrick Danford	....	editorial
John Dorst	....	first assistant editor
Wayne Hellinger	....	post-production coordinator
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Christopher Knights	....	assistant editor
Joanna Laurent	....	editorial technician
Michelle Mendenhall	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Stephen Barton	....	composer: additional music
Toby Chu	....	assistant to composer
Chris Douridas	....	music supervisor
Olga FitzRoy	....	assistant music engineer
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator
Walt Fowler	....	orchestrator
Meri Gavin	....	assistant music engineer
Harry Gregson-Williams	....	conductor
Harry Gregson-Williams	....	music producer
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Jake Jackson	....	score recordist
Robert King	....	musician: harpsichord
Michael A. Levine	....	music arranger
James McKee Smith	....	composer: additional music
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Sunny Park	....	executive in charge of music
Heitor Pereira	....	composer: additional music
Heitor Pereira	....	musician
Gregg Silk	....	assistant score engineer
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz	....	music editor
Nick Wollage	....	score recordist
Kevin Blumenfeld	....	music intern: Harry Gregson-Williams (uncredited)
Seth Boggess	....	assistant engineer (uncredited)
Paul Kegg	....	musician: cello (uncredited)

Other crew
Newell Alexander	....	adr loop group
Tom Amundsen	....	adr loop group
Roderick Ang	....	research and development
Stephen Apostolina	....	adr loop group
Kelly Asbury	....	adr loop group
Steve Baker	....	research and development
Bob Bergen	....	adr loop group
Wendy Bilanski	....	facility coordinator
Rob Blau	....	production engineer
Alex Bochannek	....	systems administrator
Greg Bulman	....	systems administrator
Rodger Bumpass	....	adr loop group
Eduardo Bustillo	....	research and development
Cody Cameron	....	additional dialogue
Kristopher Campbell	....	color calibration technician
Chloe Chao	....	research and development
Robert Clotworthy	....	adr loop group
Ellen Connell	....	artistic and technical development coordinator
Kelly Cooney	....	production coordinator
Kelly Cooney	....	story coordinator
David Cowgill	....	adr loop group
Barbara A. Crabtree	....	assistant to producers
Michael Cutler	....	systems administrator
Jennifer Darling	....	adr loop group
Sanjay Das	....	research and development department manager
Debi Derryberry	....	adr loop group
Walt Dohrn	....	additional dialogue
Scott Draves	....	research and development
Paul Eiding	....	adr loop group
Ike Eisenmann	....	adr loop group (as Iake Eissinmann)
Ted Elliott	....	creative consultant
Daniel Evans	....	render assistant
Bill Farmer	....	adr loop group
Alison Fedrick	....	production coordinator
Bart Feliciano	....	systems administrator
David Fent	....	systems administrator
Angela Ensele Firebaugh	....	production coordinator
Nick Fumia	....	production assistant
Reid Gershbein	....	research and development
Eric Griswold	....	research and development
Eddie Guerra	....	production assistant
Juli Gumbiner	....	studio resources supervisor
Paul Hettler	....	production executive
Bridget Hoffman	....	adr loop group
Pamela Hu	....	render assistant
Allison Lee Mussell Hurd	....	production assistant
Mark Jackels	....	software engineer
Kelly M. Jean	....	production coordinator
Fadi Basem Kandah	....	production coordinator: layout department
Brad Kane	....	layout production assistant
Michael Kiernan	....	systems administrator
Scott Kilty	....	systems administrator
Daniel Kirksey	....	render assistant
Hans Ku	....	technology crew
Mike Lane	....	client services
Jeff Lee	....	production engineer
Nell Le	....	research and development
Nicholas Long	....	research and development
Sherry Lynn	....	adr loop group
Erwan Maigret	....	research and development
Adam Stanley Maino	....	render assistant
Derek Mann	....	systems administrator
Rich Marco	....	systems administrator
Mickie McGowan	....	adr loop group
Robyn Mesher	....	central production coordinator
Jim Meyer	....	production engineer
Chris Miller	....	additional dialogue
Chris Miller	....	head of story
Pia Miniati	....	research and development
Edie Mirman	....	adr loop group
David Morehead	....	compositor: titles
David Morehead	....	end titles
Anna Newman	....	research and development
Laraine Newman	....	adr loop group
Gordon Ng	....	client services
Hannibal P. Odisho	....	production coordinator
John O'Sullivan	....	systems administrator
Latifa Ouaou	....	story supervisor
Paul Pape	....	adr loop group
Cynthia Park	....	assistant: Jeffrey Katzenberg
Paul Parmer	....	editorial systems engineer
Erik Patton	....	systems administrator
Tracy Ann Pearson	....	assistant: Jeffrey Katzenberg
Drew Perttula	....	render assistant
Alina Phelan	....	assistant to directors
Eva Porter	....	client services
Carlos Quinonez	....	systems administrator
Jan Rabson	....	adr loop group
Kristina Reed	....	production executive
Michele Lyn Reed	....	assistant: Jeffrey Katzenberg
Frank Richards	....	systems administrator
Daniel Rich	....	systems administrator
Kim Romero	....	assistant to producers
Terry Rossio	....	creative consultant
Hayyim Sanchez	....	completion artist
Linda Rae Sande	....	technical writer
John Serene	....	research and development
Hernan Silberman	....	research and development
Jamie J. Silverman	....	coordinator
David P. Smith	....	additional dialogue
Steven Sorensen	....	render assistant
Bill Stahl	....	lead modeler
Eric Tabellion	....	research and development
Ted Tally	....	story consultant
Kimberly Taylor	....	research and development
Alvin Tenpo	....	systems administrator
Deepak Tolani	....	research and development
John Trappey	....	systems administrator
Marcelo Tubert	....	adr loop group
Conrad Vernon	....	additional dialogue
Conrad Vernon	....	adr loop group
Larry Weisberg	....	senior paralegal
Ryan Piers Williams	....	story production assistant
Gary L. Wohlleben	....	production controller
Jenny Wolfe-Binder	....	production coordinator
Greg Wuller	....	production engineer
Feng Xie	....	research and development
Daniel Yu	....	research and development
Tracey Michelle Arnold	....	artistic and technical development assistant (uncredited)
Michael Aucoin	....	technical director (uncredited)
April Struebing	....	software coordinator (uncredited)
Tim Toll	....	systems administrator (uncredited)

Thanks
Michael Lachance	....	special thanks
Ed Leonard	....	special thanks
Jim Mainard	....	special thanks
Kate Swanborg	....	special thanks
Hans Zimmer	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• DreamWorks SKG
• Pacific Data Images (PDI)
• DreamWorks Animation

Distributors

• DreamWorks Distribution (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• East West (2004) (Russia) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2006) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• SBS6 (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Universal Home Video (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Home Video (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)

Other Companies

• 20th Century Fox Studios  post-production facilities (as Twentieth Century Fox Studios)
• Absolute Rentals  post-production rentals
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  score recording
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• DreamWorks Records  soundtrack published by
• Falco Ink.  publicity
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Geffen Records  soundtrack published by
• Hewlett Packard  workstations, servers and rendering services
• L.A. Mad Dogs  adr voice casting (as L.A. MadDogs)
• Metro Voices  choir
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Varèse Sarabande  score album published by

MPAA:

Rated PG for some crude humor, a brief substance reference and some suggestive content.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Denmark:A | Switzerland:8 (canton of Zurich) | France:U | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | South Africa:A | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. | Ireland:G | Japan:U | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Taiwan:GP | UK:U (cut) | USA:PG (certificate #40780) | Greece:K

Company:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivia:

During the opening montage when Shrek throws a newly-formed wedding ring into the air, it lands on Fiona's finger. When the words "I Love You" start to appear, listen VERY carefully, and you will hear the ring collection sound that is used when Sonic collects the golden rings in the "Sonic The Hedgehog" series of video games.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When Pinoccio and the rest of the enchanted animals look down at Shrek, Donkey and Puss In Boots locked in chains at the bottom of the Turret, there are no visible windows. However, when Shrek looks at the Gingerbread Man and the castle he is looking out a window.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Prince Charming: Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, the king and queen were blessed with a beautiful baby girl, and throughout the land everyone was happy, until the sun went down, and they saw that their daughter was cursed with a frightful enchantment that took hold each and every night...
[...]

Movie Connections:

References This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Soundtrack:

Mission Impossible

More Shrekervescence!

I know what you're expecting me to say. "If you liked Shrek ..." And it's so true. Fans of the first will be ga-ga over the second. The gang at Dreamworks was smart enough not to monkey around with a winning formula, so you have all the wit and charm of Shrek (Mike Myers), Fiona (Cameron Diaz), Donkey (Eddie Murphy), and all the fantastic fairy-tale creatures.

At the beginning of 2, Shrek and Fiona have been invited by Fiona's parents (John Cleese and Julie Andrews) to the family castle. Imagine their surprise when the honeymooning ogres show up! Seems the king and queen haven't heard that a) Fiona's an ogre and b) that her husband is one, too. Naturally, this doesn't sit particularly well with the king, and soon he's hired a hit man - Puss in Boots, no less, voiced by Antonio Banderas - to bump off his new son in law. Meanwhile, a Fairy Godmother (Jennifer Saunders) offers help to Fiona. And quickly, the main question of the film - conveniently, it was the main question of the first film - is whether love conquers all. Oh, perhaps it's a bit more complex than that - perhaps it's whether Fiona would love Shrek, no matter what he looked like. Come to think of it, that was the theme of the first one as well.

Shrek and Fiona journey to the land of Far, Far Away, where the stuffy king and the queen mum live. Far, Far Away is a clear knockoff of Hollywood itself (complete with the sign on the mountain), and the journey includes a pass through what looks like Beverly Hills. The attention to detail is marvelous, as always.

As with 1, 2 drops all sorts of Disney references, most resulting in full-out belly laughter. I was in stitches, although perhaps - just perhaps - some of the humor will zoom over your tiny tot's tiny head.

Shrek 2 is a beautifully done movie, perhaps even more entertaining than the original. Sure, at the end you know your emotions have been manipulated somewhat, but in the end you really don't care. Outstanding voice performances, flawless animation, and a crisp, moderately adult (but not mature, definitely not mature) script reign supreme.