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After deciding a few years ago that the Smurfs, the unremittingly upbeat cartoon creations of the Belgian artist known as Peyo, were worthy of the big-screen treatment, the executives at Sony Pictures Animation made the bizarre decision to present both “The Smurfs” (2011) and “The Smurfs 2” (2013) as live-action/animation hybrids. The creatures were rendered as slick computer-generated images, with voices provided by celebrities such as Katy Perry, John Oliver, and the late, great Jonathan Winters, who interacted with real-life actors such as Neil Patrick Harris, Sofia Vergara, and Hank Azaria. While the two films made money, they didn’t exactly inspire the kind of audience loyalty that would allow them to continue down the same path in the future. This was especially true among younger viewers. The decision was made to use full animation instead of traditional animation when it came time for the inescapable reboot of the franchise. While “Smurfs: The Lost Village” isn’t necessarily a better or more entertaining film than its predecessors, the fact that it is explicitly aimed at a younger audience this time around makes it slightly more palatable than its predecessors.
“Smurfs: The Lost Village” is concerned with the existential plight of Smurfette (Demi Lovato), who is not only the only female Smurf in existence, but also the only one whose name does not serve as a convenient descriptor of their central purpose in life, as appears to be the case with nearly every Smurf project of note. Of course, this is due to the fact that Smurfette was once a piece of clay that was brought to life by the evil Gargamel (Rainn Wilson) as part of one of his schemes to capture the creatures and harness their magical powers for his own evil ends. Mandy Patinkin, yes, Mandy Patinkin, played the avuncular Smurf leader Papa Smurf, who kindly filled her with Smurf magic, transforming her from evil to good (and which changed her from a brunette to a blonde, but never mind). As much as one might think that not having your life’s story mapped out by your name would be a boon, poor Smurfette finds herself in the depths of despair—though to be fair to her, she is a Smurf, so those depths aren’t all that deep.
The Forbidden Forest is located between the Smurf village and the Forbidden Forest, and Smurfette comes dangerously close to it when she wanders a little too close to the wall separating the two. She notices what appears to be another Smurf before it vanishes through the wall, leaving only questions and an oddly colored hat in its wake. Due to the fact that she and her friends are supposedly the last remaining Smurfs on the planet, Smurfette is curious and sneaks out with her friends Hefty (Joe Manganiello), Clumsy (Jack McBrayer), and Brainy (Danny Pudi) to journey into the Forbidden Forest in search of answers, with both Papa Smurf and Gargamel on the trail of them. They arrive at a Lost City of S, where, wait for it, all of the Smurfs are female (with voices provided by the likes of Ariel Winter, Meghan Trainor, Ellie Kemper, and Michelle Rodriguez… yes, Michelle Rodriguez), all under the watchful eye of SmurfWillow (Juila Roberts). However, despite their initial mistrust of one another, the two groups eventually learn to work together as a team to defeat Gargamel and save their respective villages.
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In light of the fact that all a film of this nature needs in order to be considered a success is to hold the attention of a group of children for 90 minutes, “Smurfs: The Lost Village” sort of achieves that particular goal (there were no noticeable meltdowns in the audience that I was in) but doesn’t really try to do much else. There is nothing original about the storyline, and it will seem overly familiar to anyone who has even a passing familiarity with the franchise. It also drags out the traditional sad moment before the inevitable happy ending for far too long, which may upset some of the more sensitive young viewers who haven’t grasped the fact that it is all just a story. Apart from their gender (which is more of a concept in the Smurf world than anything else) and the colour of their hats, the new tribe of Smurfs that we meet has little in common with the more familiar ones, and this leaves me feeling a little let down by the lack of imagination on display. This will presumably be beneficial to the manufacturers of the merchandise, who will be able to retrofit older models into the “new” characters with the least amount of time, money, and effort, but it will be of little benefit to the general public.
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Having said that, I must also admit that, despite the fact that the film, on the whole, made me itch, there were a couple of brief diversions. As you make your way through the Forbidden Forest, you’ll come across a number of delightfully surreal sights that are truly memorable—scenes such as a glowing bunny rabbit and plants that are essentially eyeballs on stems are rendered in vibrant color patterns and presented with such wild abandon that they come dangerously close to evoking the madness of old-school animation legends such as Max Fleischer and Tex Avery. Towards the end, when a character is being chased by something and starts yelling out “Smurfentine,” in obvious homage to one of the high points of the Alan Arkin and Peter Falk classic “The In-Laws,” I found myself laughing out loud (1979).
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Of course, any review of “Smurfs: The Lost Village” is a complete waste of time because, if you are old enough to be interested in reading a review of it, you are almost by definition too old for it, and parents simply want to be assured that it will not traumatize their children when they watch it. While I cannot recommend it in good faith, I can assure parents that it is a good way to keep their children occupied for approximately 90 minutes, which is sufficient for the Smurfs to do their job more or less effectively.
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