One of the taglines for this movie: Adventure Comes Out Of The Blue. When the patriarch of their village is taken from them, a group of mythical creatures all three apples tall go on a journey that takes them through time and space. As they travel they learn things about themselves and the past of their village that helps them see their true potential as they face a collection of villainous magic users who wish to plunge the universe in an eternal darkness.
Smurfs is a new take on the classic animated characters that tries to add its own elements to the lore as it references different eras of the franchise but ends up becoming a bloated mess. Christopher Miller’s directing tries to be bring a slick vibe to the proceedings while keeping the young target audience entertained and ends up feeling uneven in its jumbled presentation. Pam Brady’s screenplay is able to reintroduce the vintage characters to a new generation with the original characters for the movie feeling very unnecessary due to there being characters created by The Smurfs creator Peyo aka Pierre Culliford that have yet to get the big screen treatment. The voice casting is garden variety for the most part with only a couple of participants feeling miscast for the animated characters they have been attached to give vocal representation. The music is an interesting with Robyn Rihanna Fenty doing triple duty on the film by providing a song to the soundtrack, being one of the producers on the feature as well being the voice of the iconic character Smurfette. This is a entry to the franchise that tries to have elements from the most recent entries but fails to provide a story that has the humor and wonder that makes all the Smurfing about truly worth watch for anyone but the youngest of viewers which is not Smurfy at all.
