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Shrek
2001
· Movie
· 90 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #73
- IMDb #57
- Google retired #41
- Rotten Tomatoes #102
- Metacritic #28
- Letterboxd #59
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #167
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #73
- Metacritic Critics #47
- Metacritic Audience #22
- Criticker #95
- Douban #117
- Kinopoisk #31
- AlloCiné #36
- Trakt #51
Every rating
56–96
out of 100
A reclusive and territorial ogre finds his swamp invaded by banished fairy-tale creatures. To reclaim his land, he makes a deal with the corrupt Lord Farquaad to rescue a princess from a dragon-guarded tower. His journey is complicated by a talkative Donkey and a princess with a secret of her own.
Details
- Directors
- Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
- Writers
- Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
- Based on
- Shrek! by William Steig
- Released
- 18 May 2001
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $60.0M
- Box office
- $489.7M
- Awards
- 15 wins, 29 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 44 →3 major awards won · 15 wins from 44 nominations across 17 ceremonies
| 55th BAFTA Awards 2001 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ted Elliott, Roger S. H. Schulman, Joe Stillman and Terry Rossio | Winner |
| 74th Academy Awards 2001 | Best Animated Feature | Aron Warner | Winner |
| 7th Critics' Choice Awards 2001 | Best Animated Feature | Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson | Winner |
| 13th Producers Guild of America Awards 2001 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Shrek | Nominee |
| 2001 Cannes Film Festival 2001 | Palme d'Or | Shrek | Nominee |
| 44th Annual Grammy Awards 2001 | Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Shrek: Music from the Original Motion Picture | Nominee |
| 55th BAFTA Awards 2001 | Best Film Music | Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell | Nominee |
| 55th BAFTA Awards 2001 | Best Visual Effects | Ken Bielenberg | Nominee |
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55th BAFTA Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ted Elliott, Roger S. H. Schulman, Joe Stillman and Terry Rossio | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Eddie Murphy | Nominee |
| Best Film | Jeffrey Katzenberg, Aron Warner, John H. Williams | Nominee |
| Best Film Music | Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Wylie Stateman and Lon Bender | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Ken Bielenberg | Nominee |
74th Academy Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Aron Warner | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ted Elliott, Roger S. H. Schulman, Joe Stillman and Terry Rossio | Nominee |
7th Critics' Choice Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson | Winner |
| Best Picture | Jeffrey Katzenberg, Aron Warner, John H. Williams | Nominee |
13th Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Shrek | Nominee |
2001 Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination
| Palme d'Or | Shrek | Nominee |
44th Annual Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Shrek: Music from the Original Motion Picture | Nominee |
59th Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Jeffrey Katzenberg, Aron Warner, John H. Williams | Nominee |
29th Annie Awards
12 nominations, 8 won
| Animated Theatrical Feature | Jeffrey Katzenberg, Aron Warner, John H. Williams | Winner |
| Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson | Winner |
| Effects - Animation | Arnauld Lamorlette | Winner |
| Music Score an Animated Feature Production | Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell | Winner |
| Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Guillaume Aretos | Winner |
| Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production | Robert Koo | Winner |
| Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production | Eddie Murphy | Winner |
| Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Ted Elliott, Roger S. H. Schulman, Joe Stillman and Terry Rossio | Winner |
| Character Animation | Jason Reisig | Nominee |
| Character Animation | Raman Hui | Nominee |
| Character Animation | Paul Chung | Nominee |
| Production Design in an Animated Feature Production | Douglas Rogers | Nominee |
28th People's Choice Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Favorite Actor In A Comedy Motion Picture | Eddie Murphy | Winner |
| Favorite Motion Picture | Shrek | Winner |
2002 Kids' Choice Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie | Eddie Murphy | Winner |
| Favorite Movie | Shrek | Nominee |
| Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie | Cameron Diaz | Nominee |
American Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| AFI Movie of the Year | Winner |
2002 MTV Movie Awards
4 nominations
| Best Comedic Performance | Eddie Murphy | Nominee |
| Best Comedic Performance | Mike Myers | Nominee |
| Best Movie | Shrek | Nominee |
| Best On-Screen Team | Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers | Nominee |
28th Saturn Awards
4 nominations
| Best Fantasy Film | Shrek | Nominee |
| Best Music | Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Eddie Murphy | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards 2001
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | Sim Evan-Jones | Nominee |
BET Awards 2002
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Eddie Murphy | Nominee |
Black Reel Awards of 2002
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Eddie Murphy | Nominee |
Golden Schmoes Award
1 nomination
| Coolest Character of the Year | Shrek | Nominee |