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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 10 Aug 2011

Azaria hams it up beyond the call of duty: someone should sign him up for panto…

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By Henry Fitzherbert (699) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 10 Aug 2011

A mixture of live-action and animation, it's a competently made but routine adventure…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 10 Aug 2011

I felt like plunging a razor into my tensely exposed wrist from the very first minutes…

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By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 10 Aug 2011

After a fairly promising start with a few chuckles, it fails to maintain the momentum, and by the drawn-out end audiences are likely to start…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 09 Aug 2011

Charming and enjoyable, thanks to lively animation, a strong script, several good jokes and terrific performances from a superb cast…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Time Out (7,510) on 08 Aug 2011

To play The Smurfs Drinking Game you will need: Two 500cl bottles of Blue Bols (per player), one white sleeping cap, ample powder-blue face…

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By Lisa Giles-Keddie (242) for Real.com (194) on 08 Aug 2011

Join-the-dots, made-for-kids goofy blue magic that does nothing memorably new, but is guilty of putting a smile on your face, even after the…

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By Mark Pfeiffer (406) for Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (402) on 07 Aug 2011

Rather than catering to the kids...the makers try in vain to produce something hip to appeal to all ages, or at least the parents who grew…

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By David Edwards (979) for Daily Mirror (UK) (1,133) on 04 Aug 2011

The blend of animation and live-action isn't bad and the story moves at a reasonable crack that should just about keep the under-10s interested…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 03 Aug 2011

For those who claim that if I don't like a movie, they know it's good -- has Hollywood ever got a treat lined up here…

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By Karen Krizanovich (126) for Radio Times (2,421) on 03 Aug 2011

Although adults will find it barely entertaining (even with one rather inappropriate Marilyn Monroe allusion), children will love the little…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 02 Aug 2011

It's nostalgic and kid-friendly, despite an outrageous abundance of Sony product placements to catch the attention of accompanying adults…

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By Corey Hall (192) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 01 Aug 2011

Helmer Raja Gosnell has shown a mighty knack for soul-crushing drivel, including the Scooby-Doo movies and Big Momma's House, and he delivers…

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By John Urbancich (394) for Your Movies (cleveland.com) (472) on 01 Aug 2011

Truth be told, even I found myself laughing more than anticipated at some movie references (Brokeback Mountain, Midnight Cowboy and The Seven-Year…

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By Jackie K. Cooper (1,018) for jackiekcooper.com (943) on 01 Aug 2011

My Smurf name should be Smiley cause I was smiling all the way through this movie…

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By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 30 Jul 2011

Kitschily clever and more heartwarming than many of the failed cinema-sized blowups of television cartoon characters, The Smurfs is an unexpected…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 29 Jul 2011

Looking at the obnoxious TV ads for The Smurfs, it's easy to dismiss the film as a shrill, joyless exercise in special effects without substance…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 28 Jul 2011

Director Raja Gosnell plays every lame joke as broadly as possible, allowing his cast - notably Azaria and Sofia Vergara (as Patrick's overbearing…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Village Voice (8,525) on 28 Jul 2011

Gosnell directs as if every scene must be either a nauseating roller-coaster ride or a syrupy melodrama, resulting in a seesawing tone that's…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Jul 2011

Wearing a CBGB T-shirt, Neil Patrick Harris rocks out with Clumsy Smurf to 'Guitar Hero.' Historians may want to remember this sequence when…

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