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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 th... read more read more...e 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 Pictures

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PG, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Raja Gosnell

Release Date: July 29, 2011

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  • skeletonking101
    May 15, 2012
    skeletonking101
    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 jo... read morebs. I didn't really grow up with the Smurfs very much and didn't really start watching the series until about 4 years ago and I will say it is a fun show but this movie really does somewhat fail in terms of the humor and character traits of the characters that they are representing, but it is a decent movie but it definitely isn't for everyone and really you have to be in the right mood to watch it.
  • fb1463751009
    March 10, 2012
    fb1463751009
    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 g... read moreayness as that of any Power Rangers villain. The live action actors? ...........actually, they were pretty good LOL.
    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.
  • thmtsang
    February 4, 2012
    thmtsang
    Cute movie about the a group of Smurfs who end up in New York, looking for a way home. Similar to Enchanted.
  • xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    January 26, 2012
    xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    Smurf happens

    A good movie with some nice special effects and great animation, on the other hand it was a little boring at times and the story wasn't that interesting. It was a nice try but could have been way better,

    When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs ou... read moret of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours in fact, smack dab in the middle of 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.
  • stormyweather980
    January 12, 2012
    stormyweather980
    Just average to me. I liked the animation and the movie for the most part, but Neil Patrick Harris annoys the heck out of me, and there are some Smurfy characters I would have liked to have seen, or seen more of. The "Smurf droppings" line was memorable though, heh.
  • LWOODS04
    January 6, 2012
    LWOODS04
    Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Hank Azaria, Sofía Vergara, Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, Alan Cumming, Fred Armisen, George Lopez, Anton Yelchin, Kenan Thompson, Jeff Foxworthy, John Oliver, Wolfgang Puck, B.J. Novak, Paul Reubens

    Director: Raja Gosnell

    Summary: W... read morehen wicked sorcerer Gargamel tries to capture them to use as talismans for his own evil magic, the peaceful blue Smurfs flee their woodland home, pass through a magic portal and find themselves stranded in New York City. Now, Papa Smurf, Smurfette and their clan turn to a young couple (Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays) for help getting back home.

    My Thoughts: "Would it kill these film makers to put out a cherished cartoon from my childhood and do it some justice and I don't know, KEEP IT A CARTOON! I mean it was OK, even cute and funny in some spots, but do we really need to keep making my favorite cartoons into a film that is set in the real world? I would have enjoyed this so much more if they kept it animated and gave it a real story."
  • mrbungle7821
    January 4, 2012
    mrbungle7821
    What a smurfin' terrible movie. This big screen debut for the little blue commune dwellers is a painful experience, magically transporting the little creatures to New York City. They find themselves in the care of Patrick (Neill Patrick Harris), an ad man who's pretty much a jerk... read more, especially to his doting, pregnant wife. At one point, in his ad man frenzy, he yells, " I never wanted any little people running around here!" Oh no, what a bizarre outburst that somehow cuts directly to his fears of being a father. The movie spends so much time with the human characters, who are shrill, exasperating, and dull form the get-go. The comedy is a mixture of slapstick and insufferable kiddie wordplay, replacing "Smurf" for just about any word in a sentence for a miserable attempt at humor. It's like the screenplay was a Mad Libs page (Am I being too generous crediting a whole page to the script?). The Smurfs is clearly designed for a 3D audience, hence there is crap flying at the screen at every turn. Yeah, another stupid thing thrown at the screen. Hank Azaria plays the thankless role of Gargemel, the man who created Smurfette (voiced, not too badly actually, by pop singer Katy Perry) but schemes to capture Smurfs for their... smurfness. I don't know. If this guy could create his own Smurf, why doesn't he just keep doing this? Instead, Azaria runs around New York speaking in an arch manner, falling down a lot. I suppose the real question is whether this piece of blue excrement could entertain children, its target audience. Perhaps the youngest of tykes will be tickled by the Smurf adventures, but I think most kids will be puzzled and bored and weirded out by the movie, wondering what they had done wrong to deserve watching this dreck.

    Nate's Grade: D
  • DreamExtractor
    January 2, 2012
    DreamExtractor
    The Smurfs........... first Scooby Doo, then Alvin and the Chipmunks, then Yogi Bear, and now they have made a CGI Live Action film of The Smurfs, and it stinks just as much as the others. In the beginning of the film, Narrator Smurf tells the audience about the Blue Moon Festiv... read moreal, where every Smurf prepares to sing the Smurf theme song, almost every Smurf. Gutsy Smurf and Grouchy Smurf tell Clumsy Smurf he's on the "Don't Not Let In" list because he is too accident prone. Meanwhile, Papa Smurf sees a vision, showing Clumsy with a dragon wand, the Smurfs in cages, and Gargamel having ultimate power. Worried that this may happen, Papa does not let Clumsy pick Smurf Roots. Refusing to listen, Clumsy does so anyway. Gargamel soon finds Clumsy and chases after him. Clumsy leads Gargamel into the hidden Smurf village, and Gargamel destroys it. Running from Gargamel, Clumsy accidentally goes the wrong way, and some of the other Smurfs go after him and leap into a magic portal and finally discover New York City. They take shelter with a young married couple (Patrick and Grace Winslow), who are expecting a baby. The Smurfs have to return to the Middle Ages and stop Gargamel. With the help of Patrick and Grace, the Smurfs eventually defeat Gargamel. The plot is directly aimed to be stupid enough for kids, its a total rip off of Enchanted, and in this film nothing happens, it's 1 hour and 30 minutes of Smurf jokes and watching Gargamel be an idiot. The CGI is actually pretty good, it captured the Smurfs look pretty good, so that was one good thing about the film. The acting is just for kids, cheesy and lame, but I must admit Neil Patrick Harris was pretty funny, he is a great comedian and he lives up to that even in this. Hank Azaria may have played a convincing Gargamel, but I think the writers were just trying to make us mad with how creepy and lame he is, he just annoyed me. Having Sofia Vergara in this was just a way to get a wider range of actors, and having her had no point to it at all. The voices of the Smurfs were mixed for me, because the voice artist were well picked all except for George Lopez, having him in it was one of the stupidest and most cliche choices for the film. The jokes sucked in this film, nothing but Smurf jokes like Holy Smurf or What the Smurf, I never laughed, chuckled, or even smiled at a joke, maybe its because im older, but its just not funny to me. Other than the CGI being great and Neil Patrick Harris, there is nothing likeable about this film and its just as worthless as last years Yogi Bear. If you loved this show as a child, prepare to have your childhood destroyed, because this is a terrible movie.
  • Crashinkov
    December 17, 2011
    Crashinkov
    average movie nothing special, most likely aimed for children... but it's good to kill some time
  • kiriyamakazou
    December 10, 2011
    kiriyamakazou
    Once again Hollywood decides to extinguish anything creative about a franchise, and simply set it in our world. The Smurfs have a rich history, but here they are just fish out of water in New York. Yes, you have seen this film before. What's most annoying is that it starts promis... read moreing. In the land of the Smurfs, with Gargamel even referring to the past by calling Smurfette a traitor, it seemed as though they would be faithful. This is soon dropped for terrible jokes, inexplicable pop culture references, and product placement. Sometimes they even combine all three. For example, The Smurfs hide next to an advertisement for The Blue Man Group, and later for Blu Ray Discs. HAHAHAHAHAHA Fucking HA. The pop culture jokes are just absurd. Sure, this is a kids film, so children are supposed to add up that Katy Perry is doing the voice of Smurfette and she just referenced one of her own songs. Are we supposed to think that these characters have seen Brokeback Mountain and Braveheart. It's great to see that Hollywood has a Scottish character that simply must yell out "Freedom". Braveheart is 15 years old for Christ's sake. It even has plot points that are suddenly dropped. Nothing comes of Gargamel de-ageing an elderly woman. Nor of him being in prison. He just gets out and wastes a few minutes of a lengthy running time. Neil Patrick Harris looks bored, but at least tries to insert some form of comedy. In the only decent parts of mixing our world with The Smurf's' he questions how they are named and why they continually use Smurf as a verb and an adjective. Stupid on all accounts. Though I did love Azrael and Azaria tried to do something with this tripe.

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Critic Reviews

Nick Schager
July 29, 2011
Nick Schager, Village Voice

Gosnell directs as if every scene must be either a nauseating roller-coaster ride or a syrupy melodrama. Full Review

Laremy Legel
July 29, 2011
Laremy Legel, Film.com

The Smurfs ends up being just below average, it won't give you nightmares, and small ones might dig it. Full Review

Stephen Whitty
July 29, 2011
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

That two sequels have been announced is terrifying. Full Review

Nell Minow
July 29, 2011
Nell Minow, Chicago Sun-Times

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. Full Review

Jennie Punter
July 29, 2011
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail

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 ... Full Review

Joe Neumaier
July 29, 2011
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

Director Raja Gosnell also made "Scooby-Doo" and "Beverly Hills Chihuahua." At least for families, this is a bit smurfing better than those. Full Review

Sean O'Connell
July 29, 2011
Sean O'Connell, Washington Post

I wouldn't smurf Gosnell's 'The Smurfs' on my smurfiest enemy. Full Review

Bruce Demara
July 29, 2011
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star

Kids are sure to find it smurf-errific, smurf-ilicious or just plain smurfy. Adults will happily settle for smurf-ectly inoffensive. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
July 29, 2011
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

[A] relentlessly witless and cynical children's movie packed with potty jokes, product plugs and double-entendres along the lines of "What the Smurf?" Full Review

Neil Genzlinger
July 28, 2011
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times

On a hot summer day, "The Smurfs" is a decent enough excuse to haul the little ones into an air-conditioned theater. Full Review

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