It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.

• DirectorAndrew Adamson
• Release18 May 2001
• Genre
  Animation / Comedy
• Duration1h 30m
• Budget$60,000,000
• Revenue$488,628,188
• Rate
  

  7.749
  17557 reviews
• Productions

  Pacific Data Images, DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks Pictures