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Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 112
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 86
The Smurfs assembles an undeniably talented cast of voice actors and live-action stars -- then crushes them beneath a blue mound of lowest-common-denominator kiddie fare.
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Critic Reviews: 21
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 16
The Smurfs assembles an undeniably talented cast of voice actors and live-action stars -- then crushes them beneath a blue mound of lowest-common-denominator kiddie fare.
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The Smurfs make their first 3D trip to the big screen in Columbia Pictures'/Sony Pictures Animation's hybrid live-action and animated family comedy, The Smurfs. When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the Smurfs out of their village, they're forced through a portal, out of their world and into ours, landing in the middle of New York's Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down. -- (C) Sony
PG, 1 hr. 43 min.
Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
Jul 29, 2011 Wide
Dec 2, 2011
$142.6M
Sony Pictures Columbia
All Critics (112) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (26) | Rotten (87) | DVD (5)
Gosnell directs as if every scene must be either a nauseating roller-coaster ride or a syrupy melodrama.
The Smurfs ends up being just below average, it won't give you nightmares, and small ones might dig it.
That two sequels have been announced is terrifying.
It's raw and mean-spirited, with too many of the Smurf word substitutions more naughty than nice ("Who Smurfed?" or "Where the Smurf are we?"). That's Smurfed up.
The Smurfs mostly takes place in a grown-up world of cosmetics advertising and expectant parents. Without a child character to interpret and join the action, it's a pretty dull way to introduce young viewers to the new blue crew.
Director Raja Gosnell also made "Scooby-Doo" and "Beverly Hills Chihuahua." At least for families, this is a bit smurfing better than those.
The kids might enjoy it, but The Smurfs is nothing but an annoying, noisy commercial for Sony products. Save for Hank Azaria's amusing take on Gargamel, the film is fatty junk food.
...a cynical extension, not even an earnest spin-off.
The Smurf's is a cute film . . . if cute's your thing.
Once in awhile, a movie sets me searching for its origins. That's what 'The Smurfs' did. I guessed this movie wasn't quite what their creator had in mind - and I was right.
Call me Grouchy, but I say grown-ups should just say smurf it and avoid the film completely.
The film indulges in a level of product placement not seen since the glory days of Mac & Me.
full review at Movies for the Masses
The Smurfs isn't smurfing awesome, but it's also not a complete pile of smurf.
It is something of a relief that this energetic kids flick is partially better than it had any right to be.
The current incarnation of The Smurfs bears little resemblance to the classic cartoon, in a film likely to leave anyone other than hyperactive children feeling blue.
Takes the 80s favourite kids' cartoon and embellishes it with special effects, New York cliches and gutter humour so that the end result is a shiny but shallow copy of all that was great about the original TV series.
The Smurfs will likely be the best, most enjoyable kid film of 2011. And, yes, adults have been catered for. Dive in.
It's predictable kiddie fare and lags in the middle, but it's visually impressive, spirited and often fun.
A smurfection of blue cutedom, The Smurfs (in 2D and 3D) makes good the promise that feeling blue can be a happy thing
Everyone knows the Smurfs sing all day - and also that their song is repetitive and annoying.
Likely to enthral very small children only, The Smurfs starts with promise but peters out into something bland.
As the Smuppets take Manhattan, the script runs a blue streak of snappy self-marketing and sappy smurfimentalism. It's all so calculatingly self-smurmotional.
So sue me, I kind of enjoyed it.
Their CG-animated/live-action film debut finally answers the question weighing heavily on the mind of every fan: do Smurfs fart?
While it is garbage in terms of the animation and the humor, it makes up for its good blend of animation and live action and I will admit the humor did suck but it did get a couple chuckles out of me. Also the voice acting isn't half bad either and each of the actors do decent jobs. I didn't really grow up with the
September 9, 2011
Super Reviewer
Why did I watch this movie? "Smurfity-smurf-smurf-smurf".... Wow, the word smurf was probably used about 200 times. The smurfs themselves? FREAKIN annoyin. Who would like these blue things? Character development? None? The villain? Equivalent in terms of cheesiness, acting, and gayness as that of any Power Rangers
January 15, 2012Super Reviewer
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