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The Smurfs

Play trailer 1:40 Poster for The Smurfs PG Released Jul 29, 2011 1h 42m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Evil wizard Gargamel (Hank Azaria) has plagued the happy, peaceful Smurfs for a very long time. Finally, he succeeds in chasing the little blue people from their village and through a magic portal -- which transports them to Manhattan and into the life of ad executive Patrick Winslow (Neil Patrick Harris). Only three apples high and lost in the Big Apple, the Smurfs (Jonathan Winters, Alan Cumming, Katy Perry) must find a way back to their world before Gargamel tracks them down.
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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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Keith Uhlich Time Out It makes you think about deep things, man, such as your own mortality. Rated: 1/5 May 3, 2024 Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com Peyo's much cherished creations do little to nothing for me, and I can't say spending a 102-minutes with them in a live action-computer animated hybrid was all that high on my personal to-do list. Rated: 2/4 Jan 27, 2012 Full Review Jim Schembri The Age (Australia) The Smurfs will likely be the best, most enjoyable kid film of 2011. And, yes, adults have been catered for. Dive in. Rated: 4/5 Sep 14, 2011 Full Review James Croot The Post NZ The less-than-Smurfy live-action adaptation... Rated: 2.5/5 Oct 14, 2022 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com One can only hope that America ignores this charmless, unimaginative, and downright traumatic trip through 80's children's television. Rated: .5/4.0 Sep 23, 2020 Full Review Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See "The Smurfs" is so smurfing sweet that you'll want to smurfing puke all over the smurfing place. Rated: C- Jul 14, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Besides having the creepiest character designs ever, the smurfs doesn't offer anything special to the table, and has the most predictable plot of any kids film I've seen. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/21/25 Full Review thiago s Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é mais ou menos, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/10/25 Full Review K G This is a impacting heartfelt & hilarious movie which gives Smurfs appeal to me. How funny it was was that the Smurfs were not stuck in the past since they had came to New York in modern times. More funny moments were that they could break the 4th with real life settings the Smurfs try to blend in with 🔵 brand advertisements, Grouchy Smurf fell in love with a 🟢 M&M mascot. In addition, they realised they were produced by Peyo according to a book. The heartfelt moments were when they impacted real peoples lives such as when the accidental 🔵🌕 advertisment for Anjelou had a beautiful meaning, don't leave things that happened from a 🔵🌕 time behind, they matter. The final part was the casting, which involved Jonathan Winters (OG voice of Papa Smurf), Katy Perry (voice of Smurfette), the Winslows who are Neil Patrick Harris & Jayla. The best part was Hank Azaria as Gargamel. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/05/25 Full Review zestyitaliano 2 awesome movie also spawned awesome dancing game Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/01/25 Full Review Andy C solid 3/5 papa smurf got me jerking in public. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/18/25 Full Review matthias s Absolutely! Here's another 100-word, 2.5-star review with a fresh take: I was raised on Smurfs—Saturday mornings, sticky cereal fingers, flipping through those old comics. So yeah, I showed up when this hit theaters. The village looked amazing, and Hank Azaria nailed Gargamel more than I ever expected. Neil Patrick Harris does his thing, but dragging the Smurfs into the real world? Meh. Felt like a weird crossover episode nobody asked for. The jokes bounce between kinda funny and eye-roll. It’s not terrible, just not what a Smurf fan dreams of. Give me a full movie *in* the Smurf village next time. Less New York, more mushroom houses, please. Want one in rhyming style or sarcastic tone next? Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/18/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Evil wizard Gargamel (Hank Azaria) has plagued the happy, peaceful Smurfs for a very long time. Finally, he succeeds in chasing the little blue people from their village and through a magic portal -- which transports them to Manhattan and into the life of ad executive Patrick Winslow (Neil Patrick Harris). Only three apples high and lost in the Big Apple, the Smurfs (Jonathan Winters, Alan Cumming, Katy Perry) must find a way back to their world before Gargamel tracks them down.
Director
Raja Gosnell
Producer
Jordan Kerner
Screenwriter
J. David Stem, David N. Weiss, Jay Scherick, David Ronn
Distributor
Sony Pictures
Production Co
Kerner Entertainment
Rating
PG (Some Mild Rude Humor|Action)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 29, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 4, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$142.6M
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
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