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8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 233 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 13 out of 233

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  1. LiamS.
    Jun 2, 2004
    4
    Shrek 2 is totally vacuous and without substance. Its characters are contrived, and the storyline is strained at best. The first Shrek movie was clever. This movie has none of the first movie's charm. I realize that this movie is for children, but the innumerable farting jokes must be pleasing only to 11 and 12 year old boys. Also, very interesting that in a "land far, far away" there would be a Starbucks. Go figure! And here I thought that I only had to walk to the corner of my street to get a Starbucks coffee. Very lame indeed. Expand
  2. BobT.
    Jun 3, 2004
    3
    Shrek 2 is a lame kids movie that adults think is good because they think the jokes about Sir Justin, Starbucks, the honeymoon etc are witty. My kids barely laughed. There are very few sight gags and physical humor that kids really enjoy. The parents I was with all loved it.
  3. SergeR.
    Jun 4, 2004
    0
    This movie, as well as its predecessor, is overrated. I'd rather see the animated figures in the comics section of my local newspaper, that the awkward, 3D animaion in this film.
  4. JamesC.
    May 21, 2004
    3
    A terrible waste of time. If this is what counts for adult/kiddie entertainment, I'll take to staring at a blank wall. Unfunny, boring, and the five people who wrote this dreck should be locked in a room for the rest of their lives watching this movie. Then they they'll know the pain I suffered watching it. Be warned it's a DUD!
  5. [Anonymous]
    Jan 9, 2006
    4
    A bit funny, but the first one it's that good that leaves Shrek 2 in the dust.
  6. tug
    Mar 13, 2005
    4
    Great animation, to be sure, but lame jokes and a weak story make this movie difficult to watch. o v e r r a t e d.
  7. VinnyA
    Aug 18, 2005
    1
    I bought this movie the day it came out on DVD having loved the first one and expecting it to at least do the first movie justice, if not surpass it. My wife and I sat in silence as we were treated to an hour and a half total trash. Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey was a far supirior sequal to this tripe. My daughter will never see this movie. Berp and fart jokes. transvestite humor. Overtly sexual refferances and foul language to boot. Not to mention down right boring! This awful movie gets a 1 instead of a 0 because of the cat. The cat was funny. The cat had five lines and maybe seven minutes of screen time. I sold this movie the next day. I just hope it doesn't affect how I feel about the first movie. It was that bad. Expand
  8. AdamL.
    May 24, 2004
    1
    This movie is horrible. Critics are insane. I loved the first Shrek, but the jokes here are just stupid, and dirty, and who is this movie for? Stupid kids or stupid adult parents? The only reason i kept this from a 0, is because of the few snickers I got from Puss N Boots.
  9. [Anonymous]
    May 26, 2004
    0
    Ogrish!
Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 40 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 40
  2. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. Its cleverness and its good heart enable it to overcome a slow start, which is how all good fairy tales end.
  2. 88
    So gorgeously animated and so thoroughly entertaining for all ages that only an ogre would complain it's not quite as fresh as the original.
  3. Some of the buckshot hits its target: Shrek's second sidekick, assassin-turned-comrade Puss in Boots, is voiced by Antonio Banderas as an outrageously mock-dramatic Spaniard with most of the pig-pile screenplay's best toss-offs.