The Smurfs 2

I really love this movie and the music is great.

Great movie

Alright for the kids

It's another time-traveling trip for the Smurfs (though thankfully not in the same fashion as the dreaded final season of the Smurfs cartoon show that pulled its plug), but this time it's to rescue Smurfette, who seems to be having issues over who's her real family -- the Smurfs or her creator Gargamel with his new creations, the Naughties. Again Gargamel is after the Smurfs for stealing their essence to power up his magic (instead of his usual purpose of making the Philosopher's Stone as in the comic books and the cartoon show), and again we have the Winslows along for the ride, this time with their son Blue and Patrick's stepfather Victor Doyle for the respective additions of charm and embarrassment. Throughout the story, Smurfette, Patrick Winslow, and the Naughties get to learn the lesson that family isn't about who brought you into this world, but who really cares for you as a person and who wants to see you grow as a person. Besides this, the movie still has its share of laughs from the previous movie, even if the number of Smurfs that appear in it is still limited to the five that are the main focus of the story, with the others (such as the former leads Brainy and Gutsy) having minor or even cameo roles.Unfortunately for the movie series, which is now being cancelled in favor of an all-CGI reboot by Sony Pictures, the time-traveling Smurfs-in-the-modern-world story aspect is perhaps in my book its biggest failing, as though the production crew has to rely on that kind of story to justify the budget they were given to create a good live-action/CGI-animated movie of a lesser scope than Peter Jackson's interpretation of the J.R.R. Tolkien Hobbit/Lord Of The Rings medieval fantasy series. Once was pretty much enough, and twice was pushing it. Hopefully with the reboot the Smurfs will be brought back to having stories taking place solely in the medieval fantasy Europe world that they came from, but who knows?

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I like it alot

My 5 year old loves the smurfs. I don’t necessarily like the storyline of this one as much as the first. I don’t like that Smurfette disregards her kindness and goodness and starts playing on the “bad” side. To me the smurfs are all around wholesome so I don’t like that they turned one “bad” even for a brief period.

It may sound strange to say this about a Smurf movie, but Brendan Gleeson offers a wonderful performance in this film. Much like Nathan Lane in the Birdcage, Gleeson present the hopeful, loving, desperation that is hard to explain, except maybe to parents in a similar situation. With the exception of the phrase, "I didn't have to," everything about Brendan Gleeson performance rings true, especially about a parent's love being unconditional.While the other actors did a fine job with performances appropriate to a Smurf film, Mr. Gleeson's performance is worthy of award recognition, in my humble opinion.