The Smurfs – way below expectations

The Smurfs – way below expectations

The Smurfs is an American 3D family film based on the popular comic book series, The Smurfs, by Peyo and on the 1980’s animated series. It hit the big screens on July 29, 2011 and reached Pakistani theatres in fall.

When the evil wizard Gargamel, starred by Hank Azaria, chases the Smurfs out of their home, they tumble from their magical world and into ours. They reached the middle of the Central Park and needs to find a way back to their home. The story revolves around
five Smurfs, Papa Smurf voiced by Jonathan Winters, Gutsy voiced by Alan Cumming, Smurfette voiced by Katy Perry, Brainy voiced by Fred Armisen and Clumsy voiced by Anton Yelchin.

Papa Smurf learns Clumsy would be responsible for letting the wizard into their village and despite putting all efforts to stop what he foresaw, the Wizard destroys their town. Stuck in the earth, they befriends with a couple in order to stay safe from the
wizard who follows them into our world.

Regardless of a good story line and great box office reception which led the announcement of a sequel, the flick generally received negative reviews.

Review Aggregator Metacritic gave the movie a score of 30 out of 100 based on reviews by 22 critics.

Another review aggregator site, Rotten Tomatoes stated that 24 percent of 106 critics gave an average rating of four out of ten. The site general consensus stated, "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."

Village Voice’s top critic, Nick Schager, declared, “Gosnell directs as if every scene must be either a nauseating roller-coaster ride or a syrupy melodrama.”

Jim Schembri of The Age – Australia was kind to the movie. He praised by saying, “The Smurfs will likely be the best, most enjoyable kid film of 2011. And, yes, adults have been catered for. Dive in”

Overall, it is an average experience which has disappointed some of the SMURFS fans round the world. However, it’s still a good way to spend time with your family and friends.

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Posted by Awais Ahmed on Dec 21 2011. Filed under Entertainment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry