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Shrek 2 (2004)

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All Time

of 190,142

595

2000's

of 34,011

141

2004

of 10,037

21
Animation
- Animation All Time
  
  of 11,497
  
  33
  
  Animation of 2004
  
  of 195
  
  2
  
  Animation of the 2000's
  
  of 1,297
  
  12
Family
- Family All Time
  
  of 4,953
  
  54
  
  Family of 2004
  
  of 87
  
  2
  
  Family of the 2000's
  
  of 898
  
  9

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Shrek 2 (2004) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.0984

Avg Critic Score:3.0429

Shrek 2 (2004) Movie Reviews

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Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Shrek 2 may be computer-generated, but its innate heart and glorious sense of mischief make it one of the best and most humane movies of the summer. ...read the complete Shrek 2 movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Call me twisted, but it's hard not to feel crazy love for an animated movie that pictures Cinderella's stepsister as an aging gorgon who tends bar in a dump called the Poison Apple, offers tips on where to find a hit man and talks in a voice of pure ...read the complete Shrek 2 movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Just when emptyheaded effectfests like Van Helsing and Troy have you wishing the megabyte had never been born, along comes Shrek 2 supersized with warmth, wit and invention enough to make you feel like throwing it a birthday party. ...read the complete Shrek 2 movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

A certain amount of credit must be given to the filmmaking team behind Shrek 2 for overcoming a seemingly insurmountable obstacle and producing an entertaining motion picture. ...read the complete Shrek 2 movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

With its appealing blend of animated comedy, romance, and adventure, Shrek 2 follows the formula of its predecessor while maintaining enough originality not to come across as a direct copy. ...read the complete Shrek 2 movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)

Shrek 2 is one of the great movies of all time....read the complete Shrek 2 (2004) review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)

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Appreciating Great Trash

Shrek was the slight but funny bad-boy of the children's animation genre, and it ended up seeming to click better with adults than its own target audience. With Shrek 2, the kiddie aspect is supplanted entirely with surprisingly overbearing dramatics:...read the complete Shrek 2 (2004) review at Appreciating Great Trash

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Kinocite

Shrekies can relax. The writing is as sharp, the gags as acerbic, the stick equally slappy. The popularity of Eddie Murphy's Donkey has been noted and if the storyline lacks the fabled heroics of the original, there are consolations in John Cleese's...read the complete Shrek 2 (2004) review at Kinocite

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ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)

Once it is all said and done, Shrek 2 ends with another cheap musical number, this time involving Donkey and...read the complete Shrek 2 (2004) review at ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)

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