Monday, 18 November 2013

Gerry Barnaby's Film Review: The Smurfs 2

Genre:  Animation  Comedy  Family
 
Cert: U - Universal cert
 
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
 
Sex & Nudity:  A husband and his wife kiss briefly and a Smurf calls out, "Hey, get a room!"
Valentine hearts appear above the heads of male Smurfs when they see a female Smurf and we hear that they love her like a sister.
A female Smurf asks a male Smurf to dance at a party when she sees that he is smiling at her.
A male Smurf smiles at himself in a mirror and blows himself a kiss.
A husband and his wife introduce their young son to visiting Smurfs.
A male "Naughty" (an anti-Smurf type creature) is shown shirtless throughout the film, but no physical details are evident on his chest or back.
A female Naughty has black hair with a blue streak and is flirty with Smurfs; she smiles and bats her eyes.
Many Smurfs are shown shirtless, with featureless blue bodies from the waist up above white tights that cover their feet like footed pajamas.
At a photo shoot, we see several women wearing long gowns that cover but outline large pregnant abdomens; they are wearing short angel wings pinned to their backs.
A statue of a woman in a dungeon reveals one full thigh.
On the roof of a building, a statue of a man reveals bared chest, shoulders and arms.
A human asks if a Smurf's butt is blue and the Smurf pulls down his waistband a tiny bit to prove that his butt is blue.
At a birthday party, a male senior citizen grabs a woman's pregnant abdomen and squeezes it, saying, "Hello!" to the baby; the woman looks shocked.

Violence & Gore: All violence in this film is meant as family safe in comical ways

Profanity:  1 mild scatological term (poop), 7 mild anatomical terms (e.g. butt, Smurfberries (testicles), Gargamelberries (testicles) and 2 mild obscenities (Oh, the profanity! when a Smurf is stuck in a corndog puppet that smells; Son of a Smurf! said in anger),
Name-calling (moron, stupid, crazy, insane, imbeciles, simpleton, furball traitorous, Blondie, Narcissist, brat, knave, trolls, delinquents, candy man, ugly, pathetic, sucker, barbarian and Martin Luther Wing.)
Exclamations (Oh, gee! Oh, dear! Oh, Smurf! Are you Smurfin' kidding me? What the quack? I'm Meryl Smurfin' Streep!)
Stereotypical references to men, women, parents, grandparents, people who are different, heroes, villains, the French and Paris (both cheese-infested), Scots, the Irish and Goths.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: A close-up of a cauldron shows a bubbling concoction and we hear a magic spell in a voiceover (we see two more cauldrons of the liquid.)
An evil wizard tries to capture Smurfs in order to get their recipe for a magic substance called Smurf-Essence.
A wizard wears a vial of a glowing blue essence on a chain around his neck and carries two wands filled with the substance.
A wizard cuts a female Smurf's hair to make additional magic essence.
A Smurf creates a set of magic crystals (for oral ingestion) that make teleportation possible.
A hotel room service waiter carries a bottle of champagne upside down in a silver bucket of ice.
A hotel patron orders ale.
Dozens of empty wine bottles litter an alley.
A cafe scene shows French men and French women with glasses of wine on their tables (we do not see them drink).
 
Frightening/Intense Scenes:  None
 
Story: 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 world¹s 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?               
 
Likes : The smurfs are back!!!!! as I seen a lot of reviews for this film haven't been good or avenge ratings, for me growing up on the smurfs as a kid I love the slap stick comedy this film has although im on the fence to say that which one is better the first film or the second, lot of people say it not as good as the first film was but this is still great family entertainment.
Although this mite not be a film for adults this is one of those films your kids will love & laugh over as the crazy antics of the smurfs to get back Smurfette voiced by the one & only beautiful Katy Perry back from the evil & clumsy Gargamel play Hank Azaria  with his crazy cat, this time we are introduced to two new smurfs called the naughty's Vexy voice by the beautiful
Christina Ricci & Hackus voiced by J.B. Smoovetogether it just mayhem & chaos.
This film dose show an insight to Smurfette back ground as she use to be one of the naughty's sent by Gargamel to lure the smurfs to a trap but became one of the smurfs. If your look for great entertainment & funny laughs you cant get better than this film really as all family entertainment film go, this is one of the best of a long line family films around really dose keep the charm's of the smurfs from when it was a cartoon with brilliant performance from Jayma Mays, Brendan Gleeson, Neil Patrick Harris this is one film worth watch with the family.
I do believe this film is under rated because it worth more that what it been rated but it depend on the type of films you like. This is a recommend film for you kids
                  
 
Dislikes : The only thing really it hard to say which was better the first film or the second, it kind of up to viewer to decide that.

Overall : Brilliant family entertainment, funny moments that will make you laugh, crazy antic of the smurfs that will make you kids laugh.
 
Rating: 4.6 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.5 out of 10 for storyline/ comical moments

 
 

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