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Movie Reviews by Michael Phillips
Get yourself into a Smurfy frame of mind, hum a few notes of "The Smurf Song" and try to remember your cartoon-watching primary school years. Cross your fingers that actors Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, Jayma Mays and Brendan Gleeson will find something funny to do.
Never mind. Filled with Smurf wholesomeness, Smurf puns and posi-Smurf messages about never giving up "on family," "The Smurfs 2" still isn't worth Smurfberries.
Gargamel the Smurf-hater is now a big-shot magician, filling venues around the world. But the wizard (Hank Azaria, who never lets us see the boredom) is running out of Smurf Essence for his shows. As he preps for his Paris Opera House debut, he conjures up a couple of Naughties (voiced by Christina Ricci and J.B. Smoove), who Smurf-nap Smurfette (Katy Perry) from Smurf Village. She knows Papa Smurf's magic formula, and with a little enhanced interrogation by Gargamel and his digital cat (the movie's best effect) and it'll be "Smurf-a-geddon."
"Oh, the Smurf-anity!"
Unless Papa (Jonathan Winters, who died in April) and his motley "B-team" (voiced by George Lopez, Anton Yelchin and John Oliver) can stop them, with the help of their human friends, Patrick and Grace (Harris, Mays) and Patrick's clumsy, pushy stepdad (Gleeson).
There are five credited writers in this retread, and the best line sounds as if it was improvised by Lopez, as Grouchy Smurf: "Every time a Smurf toots, somebody smiles."
The puns are feebler ("I was Meryl Smurfing Streep in there!"), the animation passable, the special effects quite good and the 3-D utterly pointless. But if your tiny-tyke target audience has to see something, at least it's harmless.
And if Harris isn't getting better offers in between sitcom seasons and Tony Awards shows, and he's got to perform blue material to get by, he could do worse.
"The Smurfs 2" - 1.5 Stars
MPAA rating: PG (for some rude humor and action).
Running time: 1:35.
Cast: Neil Patrick Harris (Patrick Winslow); Hank Azaria (Gargamel); Katy Perry (Smurfette); Alan Cumming (Gutsy); Anton Yelchin (Clumsy Smurf).
Credits: Directed by Raja Gosnell; written by Karey Kirkpatrick, story by David N. Weiss, David Ronn, J. David Stem and Jay Sherick, based on the works of Peyo; produced by Jordan Kerner. A
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About the Movie "The Smurfs 2"
In "The Smurfs 2" movie", Gargamel has his evil plan in place & is all set to create havoc in the world of the Smurfs!
In this sequel to "The Smurfs," the evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants — and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs -- Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world's greatest sorcerer.
It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexy and Hackus -- or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue?
"The Smurfs 2" Movie Review - "The Smurfs 2" Stars Neil Patrick Harris and Hank Azaria
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