2001 · 1h 30m · Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Shrek

Name: Shrek
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Released: 2001-05-18
Duration: 90 min

Directed byAndrew Adamson Vicky Jenson

IMDb

7.9

823K votes

Metacritic

critics

Rotten Tomatoes

89%

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Box office

$494M

8.2x its $60M budget

US release May 18, 2001 by DreamWorks and DreamWorks Animation

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6th of 173English-language films of 2001 with 10,000+ votes

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Critics (Metacritic)84

Audience (IMDb x 10)79

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Cast

Full cast (15)

Crew

Directors: Andrew Adamson Vicky Jenson
Writers: Ted Elliott Terry Rossio Joe Stillman
Music: Harry Gregson-Williams John Powell
Editing: Sim Evan-Jones
Producers: Jeffrey Katzenberg Aron Warner John H. Williams

2 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2002
Written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman and Roger S.H. Schulman
Nominated
Best Animated Feature · Academy Awards 2002
Aron Warner
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2005 · 6.9

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

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2012 · 6.8

Mr. Pip

2012 · 7.1

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