Shrek

Stream on Peacock

Runtime: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Rated PG

To save his swamp an Ogre named Shrek makes a deal with a horrible Lord to rescue a princess from a dragon for him. After rescuing a talking donkey Shrek sets off on a quest to save the princess, but realizes life is better with friends.

Themes:

Orges, fairy tales, selfishness, accidental heroes, whirlwind city adventures, princesses, quests, squatters, making a deal, onions vs parfetts, layers, rescuing princesses, “we,” friends, lies, secrets, magic, curses, love, arranged marriages, evil Lords, friends, forgiveness, and swamps.

Language:

A*s - 3 Crap - 1 D*mn - 2 Religious Exclamations - 3

The song, “I Don’t Give a D*mn About My Reputation” plays in the background. I didn’t count how many times the d-word is used.

Name calling such as boneheaded, fool, and

The Gingerbread man yells, “eat me.”

Stuff to be aware of:

Grossness - Shrek eats a bowl of eyes and some other gross stuff. Shrek pulls earwax out of his ear and makes a candle. Shrek mentions putting people’s heads on a pike and drinking people’s fluids. Donkey pees on a fire to put it out. Fiona pulls an arrow out of Shrek’s butt.

Sexual - In the intro Shrek takes a shower and a bath. The top part of his butt is briefly seen. His butt is barely seen as he jumps in a swamp. Shrek also showers and a tree branch covers his privates. There is a joke about Snow White living with seven men but, “she isn’t easy.” Shrek makes a joke about Farquaad having a huge castle because he is “compensating for something.” There are some little wooden dolls that sing and and show off their cracks when bending over and the song leads you to believe they are going to say “a*s” but they say “grass” instead.

A dragon falls in love with a Donkey. Donkey asks the Dragon not to touch his tail. The dragon accidently kisses Shrek’s butt.

There is lots of talk about kisses and true love, fairy tale themes. Donkey is talking in his sleep and he says things like, “oh yeah, you know i like it like that.” The Merry Men’s song sounds like the words are going to say, “he likes to get head,” but after a pause the men say, “paid.” Fiona mentions that Donkey will end up on his back and when he looks at her oddly she clarifies on his back dead.

Violence - There is talk about Ogres grinding up people’s bones and eating their eye jelly. The poor gingerbread man is held in a glass of milk and tortured. He is also taunted with his legs that have been broken off. The dragon eats Lord Farquaad.

Other - The big bad wolf is dressed like Granny, the entire movie. A pint is mention and huge barrels of ale break.

Overall: “I like that boulder. That is a nice boulder.” Pina coladas are mentioned.

Seeing It With Your Family

There are a few sexual jokes and curse words snuck in. The sexaul jokes will likely go over most kids heads. It wasn’t necessarily made for children, but keep it within it’s PG rating.

What I Thought

This one is a classic. Hope this article helps you recall what all is in the movie before watching it with your family.