Smurfs Movie Review: The Gang Is Back To The Big Screen Accompanied By Some Of The Dumbest Jokes Ever!
Smurfs Movie Review Rating:
Star Cast: Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, JP Karliak, and Dan Levy.
Director: Chris Miller
Smurfs Movie Review: The Gang Is Back To The Big Screen Accompanied By Some Of The Dumbest Jokes Ever ( Photo Credit – Instagram )What’s Good: Some of the animation bits in the Smurf world are quite fun.
What’s Bad: The plot, the characters, and the overall humor will be a miss for most people.
Loo Break: There are several moments to take a break, even if the film is quite short.
Watch or Not?: This is pass. There are better offerings out there, including Transformers One, which comes from Paramount Animation itself.
Language: English (with subtitles).
Available On: Theaters
Runtime: 92 Minutes
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The animated film scene is quite brutal, the competition is harsh, and there are just too many offerings out there, which makes each entry need to stand out in some way or another. That is a problem because not many animated studios have what it takes to develop a film that is just right every single time. That is the case for Paramount Animation, which, after having released a gem of a film as Transformers One, returns to the big screen with Smurfs, and the result is quite a grievous mistake.
Who is this movie for? Smurfs was once a very lovable franchise, but that was a long time ago. Since then Hollywood has been trying to revive the franchise on the big screen and every single attempt at it feels like a waste of time and resources, as the members of the audience who grew up with the franchise have completely disconnected from it, and kids nowadays have other franchises to focus on, and so, it is expected that this film will not do very well at the box-office, as it has no real audience.
This sense of living in a sort of limbo is also felt in the writing, which affects both plot and character development. The film as a rescue premise, which is nothing new for the franchise, and actually it might be a bit played out by now, but because the characters that we need to follow throughout the adventure are never developed in any meaningful way it is hard to connect with the story, and so, you end up not caring about what is happening on the screen, as there are no stakes whatsoever.
As films go, everything is pretty standard from moment to moment, and the film even tries to reach a sort of moral message, but it all falls rather flat, mainly because of the humor. There is nothing vulgar or anything like that in the film, but the writing feels rather cringy, as the film tries to appear cool, but it isn’t, and it seems oblivious to it, which makes it worse, as there is not a hint of self-awareness in the writing. There will be people for whom the comedy will really hit, but I don’t expect to be the majority of the audience.
Smurfs chooses to distance itself from the structure of the original films, which mixed live-action and CGI characters, in the way that Sonic and the Alvin film do. Here, we focus only on the Smurfs, and so the performances are mainly voiced, which works great for what the film is trying to do, even if it is not entirely successful at it. especially when it comes to the role of Rihanna, who plays Smurfette, basically the main character.
Rihanna, who also produces the film, gives herself the role of the protagonist, and while she tries her best, that is not enough, and so her voice feels quite monotone and boring. The film also has the unfortunate event of having James Corden in its cast as well, and at this point, Corden could be basically considered poison for any movie. Dan Levy fares better, but his role is too small and feels like an afterthought.
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Smurfs comes from the directing hand of Chris Miller, who at this point has made a career out of directing poorly received sequels, which include Shrek: The Third and the first Puss in Boots. Miller has yet to deliver a film that makes use of the medium of animation to its full potential, and Smurfs is not an exception to the rest of his output.
The way the camera moves, the way the characters develop, and more, it is all very pedestrian, and there is nothing here that screams passion or even technical proficiency. It all feels very amateurish, which is a shame, especially coming from someone who has been in the industry this long. Maybe it was a lack of money or time, but I suspect it is just a lack of passion and creativity.
Smurfs feels like something that should not have been made. It is definitely a film, with characters, sets, and tons of color, but it has no passion or intention behind it. It feels like something the studio must do to retain the rights to a franchise that not many care about. The voice performances are medium, the jokes are cringy, and there are definitely better options out there if watching an animated film is what you want to do.
Smurfs releases on 18th July, 2025.
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