Smurfette with her siblings, Vexy and Hackus. Created by Gargamel, the two are known as "The Naughties." From director Raja Gosnell and producer Jordan Kerner comes more live action/animated family ...

"The Smurfs 2" will keep a child reasonably entertained for 105 minutes — but so, for that matter, will a large, empty cardboard box. The box, it should be argued, is more likely to stimulate a ...

"THE SMURFS 2" PG — Tots 5 and older (perhaps some a bit younger) will grin their way through this sequel to "The Smurfs" (PG, 2011). It is, as was the first film, a mix of animation and live action, ...

Screening The Smurfs 2 on the day of Ariel Castro’s sentencing, the film took on a whole aura of disturbing; we follow a smurf-napping of little blonde Smurfette (voiced by Katy Perry) on her birthday ...

Short of a Strawberry Shortcake snuff film, you couldn’t imagine a more cynical and soul-destroying repackaging of a 1980s cartoon than the Smurfs movie from two years ago. And now they’re back. This ...

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 ...

Sometimes, you’ve got to smurf with the changes, even if that means tolerating brutal puns, arbitrary 3-D and an unforgivable lack of double entendres You can save this article by registering for free ...

The Smurfs 2 (PG). Tots 5 and older (perhaps some a bit younger) will grin their way through this sequel. It is, as was the first film, a mix of animation and live action, this time also in 3-D. A ...