Shrek Two scored a 2nd-big 3-day opening within history, too when a largest opening for an animated movie ever, and when of 2004, is the Tertiary greatest pack professional grossing film ever. It went around to exist as one of a virtually all successful films in 2004. A associated soundtrack reached a top X of the Billboard 200.

Plot
Fallowing Shrek & Princess Fiona return from either their honeymoon, it receive an invitation from her parents to visit the two. Princess Fiona has non told her parents, King Harold & Queen Lilian, that she has married an ogre & has turn into of these herself. And then bringing their Donkey friend along, a few return a kingdom of Far Far Away to meet the king & queen. Whilst a Fairy Godmother discovers that Fiona is married to Shrek, she reminds King Harold of a treat it experienced wreak Princess Fiona to marry her boy Prince Charming. Prompted by her urgings, & his discomfort at with an ogre as a boy-within-law, he hires Puss in Boots to kill Shrek. As a favorite ending, Donkey's dragon girlfriend is restored by owning the surprise for her lover: tot donkey-dragon mutants, & Donkey discovers he potty speak French (although in the French version of the movie he eventually learns training speak English).

Cast
A cast & more important credits for the plan include:

Shrek - Mike Myers Donkey - Eddie Murphy Princess Fiona - Cameron Diaz King Harold - John Cleese Queen Lilian - Julie Andrews Puss within Boots - Antonio Banderas Prince Charming - Rupert Everett Fairy Godmother - Jennifer Saunders

Box office and critical response
When of October 11, 2005, Shrek 2 experienced achieved $441 million at a U.s.a. pack professional & $920 million at the world pack professional.[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=shrek2.htm] A film has earned hundreds to thousands supplementary around marketing. When dollars & cents for a film was $70 million inside production costs & $50 million inside publicity and advertising, the film has already proved to become extremely profitable for Dreamworks.

Metacritic has developed a weighted norm rating of 73 away from Century according to 39 agency reviews published inside newspapers, magazines & within extremely regarded Internet web sites [http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/shrek2/]. Users of the Internet Movie Database gave a rating of Septenary.Octad away from Decade to the moving-picture show. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298148/ratings]

Movie trivia
TV/movie references
The plot has a select few similarities to "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner." In the book recap of Princess Fiona's life whilst the film begins, while she is shown to a humans of Far Far Away, her parents hang on to her on top a edge of the tower of the castle by owning the sun shining down on the princess; a information to the run of The Lion King where the newborn Simba is existence shown to the rest of the fauna of the plain. A scene using Shrek & Fiona necking on the beach occurs as parody of the beach scene by having Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity. Once a wave washes above the children Fiona's place is momentarily taken by the mermaid who looks suspiciously like Ariel from either Disney's The Little Mermaid. So Fiona throws her to the sharks, one of which looks suspiciously like a great white used in the poster art and logotype of Jaws. Early inside the film, the golden ring is forged for Fionthe, which is discarded in everyone's thoughts & lands in her finger in the sendup of a similar scene in The Lord of the Rings. Nevertheless, instead of existence inscribed using a Ring-inscription (One ring to rule the children altogether...), it only reads "I love you." At first of the motion picture, whilst Shrek is caught around the trap & hanging top down, he lands around a bit of mud that covers his face. Fiona wipes off a mud to reveal his mouth & kisses him. This occurs as charade of the Spider-Man movie, where Spider-Man is hanging upside down & Mary Jane Watson half-takes off his mask & kisses him in the rain. While Fiona beats higher many humans at a super beginning of a film, the moves she does come carbon of Chun-Li's Spinning Bird Kick and Ryu and Ken's Dragon Punch (Shoryuken) from the fighting game Street Fighter II. When Shrek & Fiona come invited to Far, Far Away, a trumpeter world health organization peels off from either a ranks to play a solo (& is afterward hit on top a head) is swimming the theme song to Hawaii Five-O. Shrek refers to the trumpeters when "Sgt. Pompous and the Fancy-Pants Club Band," a play on the Beatles' legendary "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Far Far Away was modelled when Beverly Hills. Shrek, Donkey, & Fionthe pass a billboard of the Fairy Godmother that is similar to the Angelyne advertisements. Upon foremost seeing a kingdom of Far, Far Away, Donkey says "Champagne wishes and caviar dreams from now on": the information to Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. There are two or three information to The Wizard of Oz: Upon number one seeing a kingdom of Far, Far Away, Shrek says "We are definitely not in the swamp anymore." A Fairy Godmother arrives at Fiona's balcony encased around the bubble à la Glinda the Good Witch. While Donkey's caught in the rain, he says "I'm melting! I'm melting!"; a equivalent line that a Wicked Witch said when she met her death. Besides whenever it enter Far Far Away, Donkey's head by using a palm background occurs as information to Eddie Murphy's have Beverly Hills Cop. A waiter's "Bon Appétit" & bow spoof John Cleese's waiter character in Monty Python's "Mr. Creosote" sketch from The Meaning of Life. Cleese will bring a voice of Fiona's father therein film. A scene in a period of the dinner using Fiona's parents in which a camera cuts to different characters & it say both more's list occurs as information to the similar scene within Rocky Horror Picture Show. A Fairy Godmother's number one song is evocative of "A Spoonful of Sugar", one of a songs from either a music Mary Poppins, which starred Julie Andrews, who will bring a voice of Fiona's mother in that film. When you took a foremost Fairy Godmother scene there is a information to Marilyn Monroe's dress scene in The Seven Year Itch. Dancing piece of furniture looks remarkably similar to victims around Disney's Beauty and the Beast. When around bed, Fiona's mother reads the copy of "Kings Are from Mars, Queens Are from Venus," a play in Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. the Fairy Godmother visits a fast food restaurant named "Friar's Fat Boy", the information to the United states of america chain Bob's Big Boy. A number one visit to the Poison Apple per king shows many characters: Captain Hook from Peter Pan Dwarves scrap from either Sleeping Beauty Pirates Haunted Ents A Brainless Horseman from either The Legend of Sleepy Hollow An horrible half-sister from either Cinderella A visit to a Poison Apple is rather the scene around Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, where Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin come to the Prancing Pony. In a period of the scene in which Puss in Boots first encounters Shrek, he rips out of Shrek's shirt, in the equivalent manner when aliens "hatch" away from frame in the Alien movie franchise. This leads to the continuity error: in subsequent shots Shrek's shirt is unripped. inside a equivalent scene, Puss in Boots inscribes the letter "P" into a tree utilizing trey strokes of his brand, parodying the character of Zorro where a callsign of the hero Zorro is slashing the letter "Z" applying 3 brand strokes. Incidentally, Antonio Banderas, a actor voicing Puss around Boots, played Zorro in the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro. Fallowing Puss within Boots attacks Shrek, Donkey suggests that Shrek give him a "Bob Barker treatment." Bob Barker, the long-instance hikers of CBS' The Price is Right, always finishes his program by urging TV viewers to spay or even neuter their pets. within a scene in which Shrek, Donkey & Puss in Boots arrive at the Fairy Godmother's professional, she says "What in Grimm's name..."; the information to the Brothers Grimm, who published collections of numerous fairy tales such as a ones utilized in that motion picture. When Puss around Boots reads retired various potion list in the stowage, he calls out "Hex-Lax," & "Elfa-Seltzer", referencing a laxative Ex-Lax, the stomach upset guide Alka-Seltzer. While Shrek, Donkey & Puss around Boots throw off a potion storage room in the Fairy Godmother's mill, Puss quickly reaches under a door to rescue his hat, when Indiana Jones does in The Temple of Doom. One of a stories Fairy Godmother refers to (which use at times there is no ogres in the plot) is Pretty Woman, after a Julia Roberts film. Whilst Shrek dumps the vat of potiin on 2 workers it transform into the clock & the candle, similar to the characters - Cogsworth & Lumiere from either Disney's alive film Beauty and the Beast. When that, Shrek & his friends attach to a select few hanging rope & fly all over a spilled potion to refrain from contacting by using it. That resembles a final battle scene in the Demolition Man movie, where John Spartan avoids existence frozen great deal a equivalent way. When ingesting the potion, Shrek & Donkey each faint. Donkey utters a words "I'm comin', Elizabeth!", the informatiin to the line often spoken on Sanford and Son, when a independent character was calling bent his at peace married woman, to indicate (typically for there are no real understanding) that he was just about dying. For Shrek to cheer higher, Donkey sings two or three parallel bars from either a song "Tomorrow": the information to the musical Annie. inside the scene around which Shrek, Donkey, & Puss in Boots come drink the tap house, Puss in Boots says "I hate Mondays," a line typically utilized by Garfield a cat inside Jim Davis's Garfield comic strip. A love potion that a Fairy Godmother gives King Harold to give to Fiona is labeled "IX," the information to the 1959 pop hit "Love Potion #9," by The Clovers. A arrival of guests on a red carpet at the royal ball indicate is existence broadcast by "Medieval Entertainment" & is hosted by Joan Rivers, a information to the E! Entertainment Channel, and to Joan herself, world health organization normally interviews humans arriving at a Oscars. At Shrek's home in a swamp, the Gingerbread Human—bored sustaining watching a royal ball indicate—tells his fairy tale friends to flip to "Wheel of Torture," which occurs as parody of Wheel of Fortune. "Knights", the takeoff of Cops; has a information to O. J. Simpson and his fleeing from the police with "We've got a white bronco heading east into the forest, requesting arial backup." Sendup of Mission: Impossible when Pinocchio is lowered into the easily. Whilst a elephantine gingerbread man, Mongo, is "born," a little Gingerbread Human says "It's alive!": the information to Frankenstein. Mongo occurs as spoof of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters. He gets his title from either Alex Karras's dim-witted strongman inside Blazing Saddles. Likewise, a scene where he number 1 appears knocking down palm is similar to the T-Rex-invading-city scene in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. He likewise lets out the Godzilla roar when his gumdrop button is shot remove, & tells a little Gingerbread Human to "Be good" around imitation of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Prior to singing "Holding Out for a Hero" at a ball, a Fairy Godmother changes her outfit thereto of Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Takeoff of The Fabulous Baker Boys, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, when a Fairy Godmother rolls around on the grand piano. Puss inside Boots sits within the chair & douses himself by owning a body of water, upright prefer Jennifer Beals did in Flashdance. Pinocchio imitates Michael Jackson's famous "Billie Jean" dance routine on a dance floor during the ball scene. At the prevent of the motion-picture show, Puss inside Boots says he is running to the Kit-Kat Club: a information to the club from either Cabaret. Once a King is talking to the Fairy Godmother, he utilizes 'bit of condition by having a old leg' as an excuse. This occurs as information to John Cleese's Basil Fawlty character, who listed similar manoeuvre whilst trying to distract hotel guests.

Places and names in Far Far Away
Sequentially of appearance:

Far Far Away Idol songs

At a prevent of the Shrek Deuce DVD, Shrek, Fiona, & American Idol's Simon Cowell judge a Pop Idol-rather contest known as Far Far Away Idol. On this text were a statistics:

Donkey sings The Trammps' "Disco Inferno," with his girlfriend blowing fire Pinocchio sings Styx's "Mr. Roboto" Doris, a Horrible Stepsister (soft by Larry King) sings Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" a Heavy Bad Wolf & the 3 Little Pigs sing Duran Duran's "Hungry Like The Wolf" Prince Charming sings Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" The 3 Blind Mice sing Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" Gingerbread Human (as well referred to as Gingy) sings The Archies' "Sugar Sugar" Captain Hook sings Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling" Puss around Boots sings Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walking" Shrek & Fiona sing The Romantics' "What I Like About You"

Whenever mortal otherwise Shrek & Fiona, Donkey, or even Puss within Boots wins, Simon Cowell sings Frank Sinatra's "My Way."

Other trivia
In a UK, a area of the Horrible Stepsister & the amusement correspondent (originally soft by Larry King and Joan Rivers, respectively) were re-dubbed by Jonathan Ross (among other items, a presenter of the BBC's Film show) & Kate Thornton. It is credited at a super prevent of the original credits. John Cleese and Julie Andrews recorded most of their dialogue in the equivalent studio, at the equivalent instance, which is considered unusual for a production prefer this which ordinarily records its voice actors singly. Joan Rivers' cameo marks the 1st period that the really individual experienced been represented in screen per Shrek animation team. A DVD version of the film includes another real-life cameo using an appearance by Simon Cowell in the "Far Far Away Idol" bonus feature. While Shrek tries to crowdsurf but lands on a mutt, the dog wets itself upright prior to existence squashed by Shrek

Soundtrack
A soundtrack for Shrek Two was freed within Might 2004 in a United states of america, to accompany the film. It reached a top Decade of a Billboard 200 & #1 on the soundtrack albums besides when reaching the top Xl of the Australian album stock and index charts. A lead individual "Accidentally in Love" by Counting Crows hwhen reached a top Tenner of the Billboard Adult Top 40 & the top Xx of the globe soundtrack singles stock and index charts as of June 27, 2004. A soundtrack as well features ii versions of the Eighties hit by Bonnie Tyler "Holding out for a Hero".

Track listing