Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)

You won't be disappointed!

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Smurfette and several chums disobey orders, find another Smurf village inhabited only by girl Smurfs and (of course) fall foul of Gargamel.Peyo's little blue pixie-things get their first wholly CGI movie after a couple of movies where they were the stooges to real people. Here they are, doing Smurf things in Smurf-land, and looking entirely like their two-dimensional paper-based counterparts. The look is unsophisticated, but it is entirely representative of the source material (incidentally, "unsophisticated" does not mean "unaccomplished2.).There is a good voice cast, with several high-profile names on board, and they do good work (Michelle Rodriguez is typecast as a bad-ass girl Smurf).The story is functional and the humour is pretty broad. This is an out-and-out kiddies' film, and it is perfectly satisfactory on that basis. It doesn't hold much interest for an adult audience, but it isn't fair to criticise it for that.

Have a good deal of fondness for the original television series, if marginally as a child than an adult. Didn't care for the previous two 'The Smurfs' films, though to me they're weren't awful films. For all their numerous and large faults, they had a few elements that made them semi-watchable.Was not expecting much from the third 'The Smurfs' film released this year. Actually, while not a "great" film, 'Smurfs: The Lost Village' turned out to be a much better film than expected. It is a long way from perfect but it is the best of the three 'Smurfs' films by quite a considerable distance and the closest the three films come to resembling the spirit of the original series. For kids 'Smurfs: The Lost Village' is absolutely perfect, whether adults will enjoy it is more questionable, those judging it for what it is and not expecting something amazing and nostalgic adults will find some worth. To me, the film does try to include something for everyone.'Smurfs: The Lost Village' isn't perfect. Those wanting complex character development should look elsewhere and some of the story execution is a little too simple and more a series of episodic scenes. The voice acting is fine on its own, but not everybody fits the characters particularly the secondary female smurf roles that includes Julia Roberts.Hank Azaria, spot-on in the first two films, is missed. Ranin Wilson tries too hard as Gargamel and doesn't have the unsubtle but very funny comic timing and menace brought effortlessly by Azaria. The ending is anti-climactic.On the other hand, 'Smurfs: The Lost Village' has a lot of merits. The animation is bright and colourful with lots of rich detail and bounce. The music is peppy and infectious. The writing is more the witty and clever kind than the immature and tired feel of the previous two films.The story execution may not be perfect, but it goes at a fast pace and has fun and charm throughout. It also has heart, some poignancy and the darker elements don't feel out of kilter or heavy-handed. The cat is cute and amusing. Other voice actors fit well.Demi Lovato's Smurfette is sassy and heartfelt and Mandy Patinkin is a more than worthy replacement for the late Jonathan Winters, these two are the standouts in the most important and interesting Smurf roles. Likewise with Jack McBrayer replacing Anton Yelchin, who died in tragic circumstances the previous year.In summary, an above average 'Smurf' film and a village that doesn't deserve to stay lost if not quite enough to warrant a permanent stay. 6/10 Bethany Cox

First of all I have two notes: Note 1: I tried not to put spoilers in here, but better safe than sorry, so I want to warn you there may be spoilers in it. The spoilers don't contain elements from the story but rather from the (new) characters. Note 2: I'm a Belgian, this review can contain grammatical, translation or simple spelling mistakes. Being a Belgian means, I, and a few other generations, grew up with these three-apples-high creatures and still new generations watch the original animated series on TV. So I was pretty excited when they announced there would come another movie in theaters. This movie wouldn't follow the story line from the two previous movies, but it would tell a complete new one. When I saw the posters for the first time, I noticed even the Smurfs looked a bit different and I LOVED IT! They look more similar to the original Smurfs. Another good thing about the movie is that it's completely set in their own environment without any live-action elements. So with all these things I was more excited then I was before. At the end of the movie I had some mixed feelings. It was a beautiful story, the cat Azrael was really funny and Gargamel was as evil as always. But there was actually one thing that annoyed me... the voices. They didn't seem to fit with their characters. At least some of them. Papa Smurf, Gargamel, Smurfette, they were fine. It were especially Clumsy, Brainy and Smurf Willow who didn't convinced me. There is nothing wrong with the actors behind them, it's just that their voices doesn't fit with those Smurfs. A little detail I would have liked, was that the original song of the Smurfs would have been added here. Maybe they could have given it a new touch. Maybe next time...OK, after all I liked the movie, it was a lovely story, beautiful new Smurfs and Monty (originally Howlibird) and Snappy the ladybird were nice extras.

Smurfs: The Lost VillageIf the Smurf's are looking for their descendants they should start with the Blue Man Group.Unfortunately, in this animated film the azure imps are looking for Smurfette's lineage.As the only female in the village, Smurfette (Demi Lovato) is revered by her blue-skinned male kin, but baffled by her own existence.Forged by the evil sorcerer Gargamel (Rainn Wilson) but swayed to good by Papa Smurf (Mandy Patinkin), she now leads Brainy (Danny Pudi), Clumsy (Jack McBrayer) and Hefty Smurf (Joe Manganiello) into the forbidden forest to find a lost tribe of Smurfs (Julia Roberts, Ellie Kemper, Michelle Rodriguez) before Gargamel does.Infused with low-level vocal talent, a puerile script and lackluster 3-D animation, this pointless reboot of the popular eighties cartoon languishes in mediocrity. While girl power is present, it's eventually paired off with a male partner and dies.And hear everyone just thought Smurfette was a polygamist. Red Light