The Smurfs (2011)
Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 115
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 89
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: 24
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 19
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
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Cast
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Hank Azaria
Gargamel -
Neil Patrick Harris
Patrick Winslow -
Sofía Vergara
Odile -
Jayma Mays
Grace Winslow -
Tim Gunn
Henri -
Jonathan Winters
Papa Smurf -
Katy Perry
Smurfette -
Alan Cumming
Gutsy Smurf -
Fred Armisen
Brainy Smurf -
George Lopez
Grouchy Smurf -
Paul Reubens
Jokey Smurf -
Anton Yelchin
Clumsy Smurf -
Kenan Thompson
Greedy Smurf -
Jeff Foxworthy
Handy, Handy Smurf -
John Oliver
Vanity Smurf -
Wolfgang Puck
Chef Smurf -
Gary Basaraba
Hefty Smurf -
B.J. Novak
Baker Smurf -
Tom Kane
Narrator Smurf -
John Kassir
Crazy Smurf -
Joel McCrary
Farmer Smurf, Voice of ... -
Frank Welker
Voice of 'Azrael', Voic... -
Madison McKinley
Model -
Meg Phillips
Model -
Julie Chang
Newscaster -
Roger Clark
Newcaster -
Mark Doherty
Bluetooth Businessman -
Minglie Chen
Young Woman -
Sean Kenin
Guy in Plaid Shirt -
Victor Pagan
Bum -
Mahadeo Shivraj
Cabbie -
Adria Baratta
Anjelou Employee -
Paula Pizzi
Odile's Mother -
Andrew Sellon
Waiter -
Julianna Rigoglioso
Little Sister -
Daria Rae Figlo
Blonde Sister -
Bradley Gosnell
Toy Salesperson -
Heidi Armbruster
Toy Store Parent -
Finnerty Steeves
Toy Store Parent -
John Speredakos
Parent with Girls -
Skai Jackson
Kicking Girl -
Alex Hall
Skateboard Kid -
Eric Redgate
Skateboard Kid -
Jojo Gonzalez
FAO Custodian -
Scotty Dillin
Cop -
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Sean Ringgold
Inmate Bubba -
Mario D'Leon
Bubba's Inmate Friend -
Michael Musto
Party Guest -
Olivia Palermo
Party Guest -
Julia T. Enescu
Party Guest -
Lauren Waggoner
Party Guest -
Mr. Krinkle
Azrael -
Paula Kay Perry
Smurfette
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All Critics (115) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (26) | Rotten (90) | DVD (5)
To play The Smurfs Drinking Game you will need: Two 500cl bottles of Blue Bols (per player), one white sleeping cap, ample powder-blue face paint and too much spare time.
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.
The Smurfs is a cute family film that suffers from being a little formulaic and uninspired, and the CGI smurfs don't look like the original characters.
Filmgoers who enjoyed the cartoon (or comic strips) as a kid will very likely be left with the taste of sour Smurfberries.
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.
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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.
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Other then that, I haven't seen a movie this nauseating and annoyingly frustrating in a very long time. Too many pop-culture references that are not children-friendly or good spirited. Plus, THEY SAY SMURF TOO MANY DAMN TIMES -- "Where the Smurf are we?" "Smurfette, I think I smurfed your smurfing mom last smurfing night with my smurfilicious smurf." sthu! Every single scene was so geared towards 3-D that the movie becomes a roller-coaster ride.
Not a good movie for children or for adults. Hell, it's not for anybody. Really really boring too. Not recommended by any means.
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- Gargamel: Azrael? Are you DEAD?!
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- Gargamel: Your milking it, don't milk it.
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- Greedy Smurf: Is anyone else reading these signs?
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- Smurfette: You messed with the wrong smurf....HIYAH!
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- Smurfette: Hi Grouchy. Are you having a good day?
- Grouchy Smurf: Don't talk to me! You will have a smurfache.
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- Odile: And everyone will know the name that is... Garbageman!
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