Short of a Strawberry Shortcake snuff film, you couldn’t imagine a more cynical and soul-destroying repackaging of a 1980s cartoon than the Smurfs movie from two years ago. And now they’re back. This ...

It's part of a parent's defense mechanism to walk into a "The Smurfs" sequel with low expectations. You expect slapstick violence, a retread story and indignities for the human cast. A Smurf will ...

"Welcome to the party," says Gargamel (Hank Azaria) to open the new trailer for "The Smurfs 2." In the sequel, Gargamel is out to make his own Smurfs — called the "Naughties " — and nothing can stop ...

This summer is getting a little blue with The Smurfs 2 arriving in theaters in late July. But this time the blue crew finds their female companion Smurfette (Katy Perry) kidnapped by Gargamel's (Hank ...

The global family auds who powered 2011’s “The Smurfs” to a smurftastic $580 million gross will find much to enjoy in “The Smurfs 2,” a sequel that changes scarcely a drop of Smurf-essence in its ...

"The Smurfs 2" will keep a child reasonably entertained for 105 minutes -- but so, for that matter, will a large, empty cardboard box. The box, it should be argued, is more likely to stimulate a child ...

It’s once in a blue moon that a sequel — for a children’s movie, at that — gets a better review than the original. But such is the case with “The Smurfs 2,” the hybrid live action/animated film ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Time flies when you’re not wondering about the welfare of the Smurfs, those diminutive, animated blue-skinned forest-dwellers. Turns out they’ve been just ...

Comedy. Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria and Brendan Gleeson. Directed by Raja Gosnell. (PG. 104 minutes.) It's part of a parent's defense mechanism to walk into a "Smurfs" sequel with low ...

The Smurfs are hitting theaters, and this time the group of bright-blue miniature mushroom dweelers are taking Paris by storm. Based on the comics of Belgian artist Peyo and the popular cartoon ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. Sony Pictures has released a new trailer for ...