MOVIEmeter
Top 5000
Up 301 this week

Shrek 2 (2004)

PG  |   |  Animation, Adventure, Comedy  |  19 May 2004 (USA)
7.2
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 7.2/10 from 286,115 users   Metascore: 75/100
Reviews: 482 user | 205 critic | 40 from Metacritic.com

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

Writers:

(book), (story), 10 more credits »
Watch Trailer
0Check in
0Share...

Watch Now

From $2.99 on Amazon Video

ON DISC

Celebrate IMDb's 25th Anniversary with Photos We Love

IMDb turns 25 on October 17! To celebrate, we put together a gallery of some of our favorite movie, TV, and event photos from the last 25 years.

See the Photos We Love

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 28 titles
created 05 Aug 2011
 
a list of 26 titles
created 08 Jun 2012
 
a list of 26 titles
created 23 Jun 2012
 
a list of 40 titles
created 31 Jan 2013
 
a list of 21 titles
created 11 Sep 2014
 

Related Items

Search for "Shrek 2" on Amazon.com

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Shrek 2 (2004)

Shrek 2 (2004) on IMDb 7.2/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Shrek 2.

User Polls

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 42 nominations. See more awards »

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Shrek (2001)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  

After his swamp is filled with magical creatures, an ogre agrees to rescue a princess for a villainous lord in order to get his land back.

Directors: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Stars: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.1/10 X  

When his new father-in-law, King Harold falls ill, Shrek is looked at as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to install the rebellious Artie as the new king. Princess Fiona, however, rallies a band of royal girlfriends to fend off a coup d'etat by the jilted Prince Charming.

Directors: Chris Miller, Raman Hui
Stars: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy
Ice Age (2002)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  

Set during the Ice Age, a sabertooth tiger, a sloth, and a wooly mammoth find a lost human infant, and they try to return him to his tribe.

Directors: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
Stars: Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X  

Rumpelstiltskin tricks a mid-life crisis burdened Shrek into allowing himself to be erased from existence and cast in a dark alternate timeline where Rumpel rules supreme.

Director: Mike Mitchell
Stars: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy
Madagascar (2005)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs

Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Stars: Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer
Animation | Action | Adventure
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

Manny, Sid, and Diego discover that the Ice Age is coming to an end, and join everybody for a journey to higher ground. On the trip, they discover that Manny, in fact, is not the last of the wooly mammoths.

Director: Carlos Saldanha
Stars: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary
Cars (2006)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

A hot-shot race-car named Lightning McQueen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs, where he finds the true meaning of friendship and family.

Directors: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft
Stars: Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Paul Newman
Animation | Action | Adventure
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X  

A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.

Director: Brad Bird
Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter
Animation | Action | Adventure
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

The animals try to fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African wildlife refuge, where Alex is reunited with his parents.

Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Stars: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer
Animation | Action | Adventure
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X  

When Sid's attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.

Directors: Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier
Stars: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Animation | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  

When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends vow to rescue him, but Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting.

Directors: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, and 1 more credit »
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Ratatouille (2007)
Animation | Comedy | Family
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X  

A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.

Directors: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
Stars: Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
Shrek (voice)
...
Donkey (voice)
...
Princess Fiona (voice)
...
Queen (voice)
...
Puss In Boots (voice)
...
King (voice)
...
Prince Charming (voice)
...
Fairy Godmother (voice)
...
Wolf (voice)
...
Page / Elf / Nobleman / Nobleman's Son (voice)
Cody Cameron ...
Pinocchio / Three Pigs (voice)
...
Gingerbread Man / Cedric / Announcer / Muffin Man / Mongo (voice)
...
Blind Mouse (voice)
David P. Smith ...
Herald / Man with Box (voice)
...
Mirror / Dresser (voice)
Edit

Storyline

Shrek has rescued Princess Fiona, got married, and now is time to meet the parents. Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and the King find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. It's not just the family who are unhappy. Prince Charming returns from a failed attempt at rescuing Fiona, and works alongside his mother, the Fairy Godmother, to try and find a way to get Shrek away from Fiona. Written by Film_Fan

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Taglines:

Not so far, far away... See more »


Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some crude humor, a brief substance reference and some suggestive content | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

19 May 2004 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Шрек 2  »

Box Office

Budget:

$150,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$108,037,878 (USA) (21 May 2004)

Gross:

$210,983,909 (Europe) (7 January 2005)
 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

| |

Color:

(Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Scored the biggest opening ever for an animated film, topping Finding Nemo (2003)'s $70.2 million opening. See more »

Goofs

When Shrek and Fiona transform back to ogres at the end, they are wearing their old clothes. See more »

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. Desperate, they sought the help of a fairy godmother, who had them lock the young princess away in a tower, there to await the kiss of the handsome Prince Charming. It was he who would chance the ...
[...]
See more »

Crazy Credits

In Memory of William Steig 1907-2003 See more »

Connections

Referenced in The Simpsons: The Good, the Sad and the Drugly (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
(1979)
Written by Jerry Cohen, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead
Performed by Eddie Murphy
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

See more (Spoiler Alert!) »

User Reviews

 
Transcending the Genre
4 December 2004 | by (universe at large) – See all my reviews

In many ways, Shrek 2 is to fairy tales, what Kill Bill:Vol.2 is to the Kung Fu genre. Although these are very different movies, both spoof all previous movies of their type and are loaded with insider allusions (just look at the length of the IMDb trivia sections for each!). Both use latest technology to create a hyper-real quality which goes beyond their forerunners to create a feel that the viewer is seeing something that has not been seen before. But each also stays true to their genres' formula conventions of character and plot that, though seemingly worn out, we still love. As a result these movies are satisfying, meeting some deep rooted needs but in novel and refreshing ways.

2004 may signal a trend in this kind of treatment of well treaded genres, with Westerns and Film Noir as two other potential future candidates.


29 of 42 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Donkey And Dragon thedemoniccrayon
Why are there just a few threads? MrJJay
Discuss Shrek 2 (2004) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?