Based on the cartoon strip characters created in 1958 by Belgian cartoonist Peyo, and made famous to most by Hanna-Barbera's hit '80s television series, The Smurfs are back for a new 3D adventure.
When tyrant wizard Gargamel (Hank Azaria, The Simpsons) chases the 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. With the help of new human friends (Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays) the Smurfs have to get home before Gargamel tracks them down.
hows he movie
it's really good for kids i wish it had more 3d action in it
I took the kids, not knowing what to expect since I grew up with the smurfs... It was pretty good, the kids liked it. I'd like it more I think if the film was more in the smurf village than running around NY. 3D was pretty good.
The Smurfs may be blue, but their movie is decidedly green, recycling discarded bits from other celluloid Happy Meals like Alvin and the Chipmunks, Garfield, and Hop into something half animated, half live action, and all careful studio calculation.
This noisy, live action/animated rendering of those wee mushroom-dwellers doesn’t bother trying to capture the essence of what made the Pierre “Peyo” Culliford-created characters such a curiously endearing phenomenon.
This animated-live action hybrid is really more 3-D disaster than family comedy.
Those grown-up winks, along with an array of New York locations, make The Smurfs a surprisingly tolerable film for adults.
There’s little reason for childless adults to see The Smurfs, unless they’re just curious to know how far filmmakers can go in using feigned sincerity to sell a thoroughly calculated, cynical product.
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Thursday, 6th Oct 2011.
Release date: October 6th 2011.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
