The Smurfs 2

The genially goofy shenanigans, incredibly corny punchlines and Hank Azaria’s go-for-broke performance as the incompetent wizard Gargamel are very much the same ― an entirely welcome thing in a summer movie season full of so much apocalyptic Sturm und Drang.

The Smurfs 2 probably isn’t any worse than you might expect. On the other hand, it’s almost certainly not any better. It’s just a matter of figuring out how much punishment you’re willing to endure for the sake of the small child you’re taking to the movies.

It’s just a big blue blur – too anodyne to elicit more than heavy sighs, too full of Smurfs not to recommend solely to the under-eights.

Patient Adult Smurfs will be checking their watches as Excitable Child Smurfs lose themselves in the high jinks.

The Smurfs 2 is not so much of a film as it is a collection of images and sounds that bludgeon you.

Raja Gosnell's particular zeal to modernize the Smurfs only develops this would-be family comedy into a shamelessly manipulative smurftastrophe.

There's so much torture and suffering in this movie, it starts to feel like "Zero Dark Smurfy."

This movie is meant for kids and people who love the smurfs tv show not for any adult and it does very well to please this category. The first movie wasn't great but this is head and shoulders better.

The Smurfs with a superior sequel. Despite being in the same tone of the 2011 predeccesor, I have got some positives to this: This seems to contain more: adventure, real NAUGHTIES (Vexy & Hackus) created by Gargamel I'm action. We even get to see more about the Winslows & Patrick's stepfather, Victor Doyle - portrayed by Brenda's Gleeson. Would you see him in a movie like that? This is not the Naked Gun! Next, we have a meaning. Remember how Smurf3tte felt about being created by Gargamel, starting of as a Naughty & being traumatised from. What did Great Papa Smurf say? IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE YOU CAME FROM, WHAT MATTERS IS WHO YOU CHOOSE TO BE! You could say the same with Doyle. Now, I shall never care about movie studios movies whether their CEO is trustworthy or not! I always loves its soundtrack, ooh la la & we love an Owl City in a family movie. Maybe the duology was not so bad after all.

I liked the first one. Admittedly it's kind of hard to complain about this one as well. It's perfectly suitable for kids. The younger the better though. It's humor isn't sophisticated enough to make it a hit for the whole family. It's probably better to leave this one as a watch exclusively for the kids. It's basically just more of the same, only more cringe-worthy. Both the humor and plot are very simple and almost exactly like what we saw in the first movie. Kids will still get laughs, but the parents and members of the family older than 12 are likely to be pretty bored. Even as a fan of the first, I only found a few minor chuckles here and there. Part of what makes the thing so hard to watch for older audiences are the performances. The Smurfs themselves bring down their own movie. The majority of them are underused. The focus is primarily on Smurfette and the two new characters. Katy Perry and Christina Ricci put no effort into actually delivering their lines. The rest of the Smurf cast does fine, but like I said they are underutilized. The human character are much better. Their drama, while familiar, is actually likable and does a better job of delivering the message of family than their Smurf counterparts. They too, however, are underutilized. So underutilized that it leads you to wonder why they were even brought back for this sequel in the first place. I could go on and on listing flaws with the movie, talking about things like how bad some of the dialog can be, but none of that really matters in the end. This is simply a movie meant for really young kids. In that department it succeeds wildly. It's harmless, sugary sweet entertainment that will dazzle and amuse any kid who watches it. It's definitely going to bore the majority of older audiences and tries to shove way too much pop culture down the kiddies throats, but it's not bad for what it is. Pick it up and let it entertain your kids for a while. You'll be able to get some stuff done and they'll get plenty of laughs. Just don't make it one that you watch with them for family movie night. Even as an older movie watcher who really like the previous Smurfs, I didn't have much fun here.

The Smurfs team up with their human friends to rescue Smurfette, who has been abducted by Gargamel, since she knows a secret spell that can turn the evil sorcerer's newest creation, creatures called "The Naughties", into real Smurfs. (3)

The Smurfs 2 was a huge disappointment. Most of its humor was cringeworthy, the plot needed work and the CGI animation was pretty bad and the special effects were even worse. I was entirely unimpressed with this film.