Shrek (2001)

90 min · Animation · Rated PG (USA)

ScoutScore

MILD

Worth a quick check before you press play.

Shrek scores 27 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 18 flagged scenes and 1 worth muting.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up	17
Mute	1

Content map

How this movie's flagged content divides up. These are shares of what was flagged here, not a level: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Mostly scary and dark.

Scary and dark	51%
Violence and action	24%
Language and substances	6%
Mature themes	19%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the edge.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

HEADS UP Shrek scares off the mob
HEADS UP Fairy tale creatures rounded up and caged
HEADS UP Mild profanity and name-calling - early scenes
HEADS UP Gingerbread Man interrogation
HEADS UP Farquaad casually accepts soldier deaths
HEADS UP Arena brawl - Shrek vs. knights
HEADS UP Name-calling - dense, irritating beast
HEADS UP Deity exclamation on the bridge
HEADS UP Dragon attack in the castle
HEADS UP Escape from the dragon across burning bridge

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Age ratings by country

AU	PG
GB	U
US	PG

Talk about it after

“Shrek tries to hide who he really is behind walls and scary behavior because he expects people to reject him. What do you think makes it hard to let others see the real you, and what helped Shrek start to change?”

Common questions

Is Shrek okay for kids?

Shrek scores 27 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 18 flagged scenes in it, covering action, profanity (mild), dark imagery. The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for Shrek?

27, which is the Mild tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is Shrek rated?

Shrek is rated PG in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU PG, GB U, US PG. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

See every scene in the FilmScout app.
Each flagged moment with its place in the runtime, plus live alerts that follow along while you watch.