Review of Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) by Travis S — 10 Jul 2017

Smurfs: The Lost Village is directed by Kelly Asbury, and it stars Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, and Jack McBrayer in an animated film about Smurfette (Demi Lovato) that wants to know what kind of smurf she is, and she found a map that leads to a secret village which she wants to go over there with her smurf crew.

Despite the fact that I've seen the first two Smurf films, I really had no intention to see the rebooted one, but since we rented it and that it's something for the little kids to watch, I guess I wouldn't mind it as maybe it'll be good as it's from the co-director of Shrek 2, but while I wasn't as irritated as the other films, I still didn't like the film.

The acting is fine in this, although I much prefer Hank Azaria as Gargamel than Rainn Wilson. The animation is fine, but looks generic and uninteresting to look at, and the story is very much standard for a kids film where the adults will know almost everything about where the film is going.

The characters are what they are in terms of what they are suppose to be, and the humor didn't make me laugh once. I wasn't really interested in what's going on, and when one of my young cousins aren't interested in what's going on, then this movie is very boring to watch for anyone.

The emotional scenes are fine in this which may be the most "interesting" part of the film, but it's not much of it. The one thing that took me by surprise, was the weird choice of music as they did not fit with the film.

I did like Meghan Trainor's I'm a Lady because it actually fits with the film, but that's it for that. Smurfs: The Lost Village is a terrible film that I rather watch another kids film that'll interest the little kids and I.