| Shrek 2 (Full Screen) / Shrek 3D - Party in the Swamp | 
 enlarge | Director: Andrew Adamson
Actors: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews
Studio: Dreamworks Animated
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  478 reviews
Sales Rank: 122782
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, 3d, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 108
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: PARD124824D
UPC: 097361248240
EAN: 0097361248240
ASIN: B000O59A4I
Theatrical Release Date: May 19, 2004
Release Date: May 8, 2007
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Product Description
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/08/2007
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The lovably ugly green ogre returns with his green bride and furry, hooved friend in Shrek 2. The newlywed Shrek and Princess Fiona are invited to Fiona's former kingdom, Far Far Away, to have the marriage blessed by Fiona's parents--which Shrek thinks is a bad, bad idea, and he's proved right: The parents are horrified by their daughter's transformation into an ogress, a fairy godmother wants her son Prince Charming to win Fiona, and a feline assassin is hired to get Shrek out of the way. The computer animation is more detailed than ever, but it's the acting that make the comedy work--in addition to the return of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz, Shrek 2 features the flexible voices of Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins), John Cleese (Monty Python's Flying Circus), Antonio Banderas (Desperado), and Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous) as the gleefully wicked fairy godmother. --Bret Fetzer
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 As good, or better than the orginal. November 11, 2008
This was robbed of the Best Animated Feature by the overated "The Incredibles", and this is hilarious. You'll laugh from beginnning to end, I assure you.
 Don't go changing, to try and please me ... October 26, 2008
Unfortunately, this is where the series took a really negative turn for the worse. The writers seemed to not be aware of what made the previous film in this series work and concentrated on all the wrong aspects. Bluntly, they tried hard to make all the humor adult friendly isntead of kid-friendly, removing most of the juvenile and childish aspects which really made Shrek endearing to a lot of us.
The original Shrek is easily the best in the series and for a variety of reasons that are pretty clear to most of the viewers. Unfortunately, the things that we can see wrong with the subsequent adventures seem not to be so apparent to the people behind the magic curtain. They seemed to focus on the slight things that might've been problematic in the first film and then magnify them to the Nth degree for the following episodes trying to propel the franchise on its faults.
The best thing about Shrek was that even a two-year old could sit and watch the movie in rapt attention without drifting away. Shrek has enough light-hearted childishness to propel it along, forcing the viewer to smile repeatedly. The fart jokes work, the tongue-in-cheek anachronistic references make sense and give the film a sense of backward-nostalgic appeal.
Again, very unfortunately, nothing seems to work and everything seems to be a cliche. Trying to make light of celebrity allure and the Hollywood life, the film deviates too far from the original concept and comes up as a boring, overwrought piece of nonsense, bloated with 'actual celebrities' that seem either miscast or just tired. If you've seen the film then you know exactly who I'm speaking of, there's more than enough to choose from.
The original Shrek had a solid formula within the writing that never took itself too serious. It also seemed that they knew way back in 2001, that they were making a movie to compete with Pixar's 'Monster's, Inc', which was released around the same time. They also knew that they were targeting their audience somewhere between 3 and 13, but had hoped to make it appealing enough for adults.
Shrek 2 clearly seems to be geared and targeted towards an older crowd, probably early 20's. That would make sense, seeing that those in their early twenties are the most obsessed with Hollywood in these last few years. Someone must've forgot to target this film during the writing stage to their original audience. My two year old gets bored of this quickly, wanders away from viewing it and pays it no mind at all, unlike the original -- which he loves.
Funny September 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved the comedy aspect of this film. The music was also good, just like the first. This, like the first Shrek, will go down in history as one of the best animated films in history.
 This sequel isn't sweet. June 23, 2008
Shrek 2 was such a disappointment. I loved Shrek and waited anxiously to see the sequel but I just couldn't get into this one at all. It's pretty slow and choppy, the plot this time around is pretty lame. I am sure Shrek the Third is dumb as well, keep away from this stinker!
I guess some things must stop in order to retain value and significance... June 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
All things considered, this is very nice, inventive, cool and by all means terrific movie! But every idea has its limits. Less you say... more it leaves to imagination. I only hope this will not become another bitten to the death sequel...
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