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The Smurfs

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The Smurfs

PG

Released Jul 29, 2011

1h 42m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Fantasy

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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James Croot

The Post NZ

The less-than-Smurfy live-action adaptation...

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 14, 2022

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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

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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

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Andy C

solid 3/5 papa smurf got me jerking in public.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/18/25

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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

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Stephen C

LOL, 1 hour and 42 minutes of funny computer animation. Rated PG for Some Mild Rude Humor, and Action!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Starring Hank Azaria as Gargamel!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/13/25

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Carlos Samuel E

La película es totalmente buena, aunque deben mejorar algunas cosas de resto bien

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/05/25

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Amir S

A mediocre movie – it's funny, but that still doesn't change anything; it's mediocre.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/28/25

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Mark M

The movie may have a bland story and do nothing amazing to satisfy the viewers but is overall watchable from the start to finish.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/25

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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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