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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
In Smurf Village, the Smurfs live peacefully among themselves. Their leader is the wise and elderly, if a bit overprotective Papa Smurf ([[Mandy Patinkin]]). Most of the Smurfs include the klutsy and slow-witted Clumsy Smurf ([[Jack McBrayer]]), the intellegent and eccentric Brainy Smurf ([[Danny Pudi]]), the strong and gutsy Hefty Smurf ([[Joe Manganiello]]) and the beautiful Smurfette ([[Demi Lovato]]), who feels out of place in Smurf Village as the only girl. Smurfette was created by the villainous wizard Gargamel ([[Rainn Wilson]]) but was redeemed by Papa Smurf and became part of the village. Gargamel makes it his mission to capture the Smurfs, steal all of their essence, and become the most powerful wizard in the world.
In Smurf Village, the Smurfs live peacefully among themselves. Their leader is the wise and elderly, if a bit overprotective Papa Smurf. Most of the Smurfs include the klutsy and slow-witted Clumsy Smurf, the intellegent and eccentric Brainy Smurf, the strong and gutsy Hefty Smurf and the beautiful Smurfette , who feels out of place in Smurf Village as the only girl. Smurfette was created by the villainous wizard Gargamel but was redeemed by Papa Smurf and became part of the village. Gargamel makes it his mission to capture the Smurfs, steal all of their essence, and become the most powerful wizard in the world.


After a fun day with Clumsy, Brainy, and Hefty, Smurfette sees a blue creature hidden by a leaf and follows it straight into the forbidden forest, where Papa Smurfs restricts the Smurfs from entering, believing the creature to be a Smurf. She loses sight of the creature but she, Clumsy, Brainy, and Hefty, who followed Smurfette, discover a map that was dropped by the possible Smurf. They end up being captured by Gargamel and at his castle, Smurfette ends up inadvertently revealing the map, enabling Gargamel to mix up a brew that causes him to locate the village that is on the map. Soon enough, the Smurfs escape and return to Smurf Village, where they are reprimanded by Papa Smurf for disobeying his orders and confines them to their houses all while dismissing their claims of a lost village fileld with Smurfs.
After a fun day with Clumsy, Brainy, and Hefty, Smurfette sees a blue creature hidden by a leaf and follows it straight into the forbidden forest, where Papa Smurfs restricts the Smurfs from entering, believing the creature to be a Smurf. She loses sight of the creature but she, Clumsy, Brainy, and Hefty, who followed Smurfette, discover a map that was dropped by the possible Smurf. They end up being captured by Gargamel and at his castle, Smurfette ends up inadvertently revealing the map, enabling Gargamel to mix up a brew that causes him to locate the village that is on the map. Soon enough, the Smurfs escape and return to Smurf Village, where they are reprimanded by Papa Smurf for disobeying his orders and confines them to their houses all while dismissing their claims of a lost village fileld with Smurfs.
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However, Smurfette, still wanting to find her place, sneaks out into the night and convinces Brainy, Clumsy, and Hefty to come with her. Gargamel soon discovers them trying to find the lost village and heads out with his cat Azrael and giant bird Monty to stop them. They follow the map and end up in various predicaments, like being attacked by monster flowers and getting caught in a stampede of radioactive rabbits, one of who they befriend and name Bucky, who helps them on their quest. They encounter Gargamel, Azrael, and Monty and after a chase, they all fall down into a river where Hefty and Smurfette convince the others to help save a helpless Gargamel. They do so but instead of thanking them, he continues to try and capture them, but the four manage to evade him and his pets.
However, Smurfette, still wanting to find her place, sneaks out into the night and convinces Brainy, Clumsy, and Hefty to come with her. Gargamel soon discovers them trying to find the lost village and heads out with his cat Azrael and giant bird Monty to stop them. They follow the map and end up in various predicaments, like being attacked by monster flowers and getting caught in a stampede of radioactive rabbits, one of who they befriend and name Bucky, who helps them on their quest. They encounter Gargamel, Azrael, and Monty and after a chase, they all fall down into a river where Hefty and Smurfette convince the others to help save a helpless Gargamel. They do so but instead of thanking them, he continues to try and capture them, but the four manage to evade him and his pets.


Meanwhile, back at Smurf Village, Papa Smurf tries to reconcile with Smurfette over his actions on the previous night, but soon discovers that she, Brainy, Hefty, and Clumsy are gone and sets out to find them. Back with the Smurf group, they are soon captured by the leaf creature from earlier along with a few others and they soon reveal themselves to be female Smurfs. They are taken to their village, which is called Smurfy Grove, in the trees and get to know all the girl smurfs, including the leader Smurf Willow ([[Julia Roberts]]), the tomboyish SmurfStorm ([[Michelle Rodriguez]]), the hyperactive SmurfBlossom ([[Ellie Kemper]]), the gentle SmurfLily ([[Ariel Winter]]), and the music-loving SmurfMelody ([[Meghan Trainor]]). They all welcome the Smurfs, especially Smurfette, to their humble home.
Meanwhile, back at Smurf Village, Papa Smurf tries to reconcile with Smurfette over his actions on the previous night, but soon discovers that she, Brainy, Hefty, and Clumsy are gone and sets out to find them. Back with the Smurf group, they are soon captured by the leaf creature from earlier along with a few others and they soon reveal themselves to be female Smurfs. They are taken to their village, which is called Smurfy Grove, in the trees and get to know all the girl smurfs, including the leader Smurf Willow, the tomboyish SmurfStorm, the hyperactive SmurfBlossom, the gentle SmurfLily and the music-loving SmurfMelody. They all welcome the Smurfs, especially Smurfette, to their humble home.


== Voice cast ==
== Voice cast ==

Revision as of 13:09, 4 April 2017

Smurfs: The Lost Village
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKelly Asbury
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Narrated byMandy Patinkin
Edited byBret Marnell
Music byChristopher Lennertz[2]
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26) (Innaloo)
  • April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$15.4 million[4]

Smurfs: The Lost Village is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks.[1] It is based on The Smurfs comic book series created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo and is a reboot film, unrelated to Sony's previous live-action/animated films. Written by Stacey Harman and Pamela Ribon, it was directed by Kelly Asbury.[1]

The film stars Demi Lovato as Smurfette, Mandy Patinkin as Papa Smurf, Joe Manganiello as Hefty Smurf, Jack McBrayer as Clumsy Smurf, Danny Pudi as Brainy Smurf and Rainn Wilson as Gargamel. In the story, a mysterious map prompts Smurfette, Brainy, Clumsy, and Hefty to find a lost village, inhabited by SmurfStorm (voiced by Michelle Rodriguez), SmurfBlossom (Ellie Kemper), SmurfLily (Ariel Winter) and SmurfWillow (Julia Roberts) before Gargamel does.[1] The film is set for an April 7, 2017 release.

Plot

In Smurf Village, the Smurfs live peacefully among themselves. Their leader is the wise and elderly, if a bit overprotective Papa Smurf. Most of the Smurfs include the klutsy and slow-witted Clumsy Smurf, the intellegent and eccentric Brainy Smurf, the strong and gutsy Hefty Smurf and the beautiful Smurfette , who feels out of place in Smurf Village as the only girl. Smurfette was created by the villainous wizard Gargamel but was redeemed by Papa Smurf and became part of the village. Gargamel makes it his mission to capture the Smurfs, steal all of their essence, and become the most powerful wizard in the world.

After a fun day with Clumsy, Brainy, and Hefty, Smurfette sees a blue creature hidden by a leaf and follows it straight into the forbidden forest, where Papa Smurfs restricts the Smurfs from entering, believing the creature to be a Smurf. She loses sight of the creature but she, Clumsy, Brainy, and Hefty, who followed Smurfette, discover a map that was dropped by the possible Smurf. They end up being captured by Gargamel and at his castle, Smurfette ends up inadvertently revealing the map, enabling Gargamel to mix up a brew that causes him to locate the village that is on the map. Soon enough, the Smurfs escape and return to Smurf Village, where they are reprimanded by Papa Smurf for disobeying his orders and confines them to their houses all while dismissing their claims of a lost village fileld with Smurfs.

However, Smurfette, still wanting to find her place, sneaks out into the night and convinces Brainy, Clumsy, and Hefty to come with her. Gargamel soon discovers them trying to find the lost village and heads out with his cat Azrael and giant bird Monty to stop them. They follow the map and end up in various predicaments, like being attacked by monster flowers and getting caught in a stampede of radioactive rabbits, one of who they befriend and name Bucky, who helps them on their quest. They encounter Gargamel, Azrael, and Monty and after a chase, they all fall down into a river where Hefty and Smurfette convince the others to help save a helpless Gargamel. They do so but instead of thanking them, he continues to try and capture them, but the four manage to evade him and his pets.

Meanwhile, back at Smurf Village, Papa Smurf tries to reconcile with Smurfette over his actions on the previous night, but soon discovers that she, Brainy, Hefty, and Clumsy are gone and sets out to find them. Back with the Smurf group, they are soon captured by the leaf creature from earlier along with a few others and they soon reveal themselves to be female Smurfs. They are taken to their village, which is called Smurfy Grove, in the trees and get to know all the girl smurfs, including the leader Smurf Willow, the tomboyish SmurfStorm, the hyperactive SmurfBlossom, the gentle SmurfLily and the music-loving SmurfMelody. They all welcome the Smurfs, especially Smurfette, to their humble home.

Voice cast

Production

Development

Director Kelly Asbury with Peyo's daughter, Véronique Culliford

On May 10, 2012, just two weeks after they announced production of The Smurfs 2, Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation were already developing a script for The Smurfs 3 with scribes Karey Kirkpatrick and Chris Poche.[10] Hank Azaria, who played Gargamel in the first two films, revealed that the third film "might actually deal with the genuine origin of how all these characters ran into each other way back when."[11] Unlike the first two live action/computer-animated hybrid films, the third film will be entirely computer-animated and won't be a sequel.[12]

In March 2014, it was revealed that Kelly Asbury was hired to direct the film.[12] Exploring the origins of the Smurfs, the comedy-adventure will feature a new take on the characters, with designs and environments more closely following the artwork created by Peyo.[12]

The film is produced by Jordan Kerner and co-produced by Mary Ellen Bauder, while Asbury was confirmed to direct.[7] On June 14, 2015, Sony Pictures Animation revealed Get Smurfy as the title of the film, along with a first look at the film.[5][13] It was later retitled Smurfs: The Lost Village.[14]

Casting

On January 16, 2015, Mandy Patinkin was added to the cast of the animated adventure film to voice Papa Smurf, who was previously voiced by Jonathan Winters in the live-action/CGI films.[7] On June 14, 2015, Demi Lovato was revealed as the voice of Smurfette, and Rainn Wilson as Gargamel.[5]

Music

In October 2016, it was confirmed that Christopher Lennertz will be composing the score for the film.[2]

In December 2016, it was reported that singer Meghan Trainor had recorded a song for the film titled "I'm a Lady", which was released as a single.[15]

Release

The film was initially set for release on August 14, 2015,[16] but on May 1, 2014, the reboot film's release date was pushed back to August 5, 2016.[17] In March 2015, the release date was again pushed back to March 31, 2017.[18] In March 2016, the release date was pushed back to April 7, 2017.[19] On September 21, 2016, the teaser trailer was released.[20][21]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 26% based on 19 reviews, and an average rating of 3.9/10.[22] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score 53 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[23]

Alonzo Duralde of TheWrap gave the film a positive review and wrote: "It's significant that two female writers have taken a character who's mainly just existed to be cute and seductive and turned her into a full-fledged member of this universe."[24] Owen Glieberman of Variety said "It's a pure digital fantasy, with elegant and tactile animation, so it's more true to the Smurf spirit, and should perform solidly."[25]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a mixed review, saying "A mediocre effort that nonetheless succeeds in its main goal of keeping its blue characters alive for future merchandising purposes."[26]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Milligan, Mercedes (January 18, 2017). "Sony Pictures Animation Reveals Slate through 2018". Animation Magazine. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Christopher Lennertz to score Smurfs: The Lost Village". filmmusicreporter.com. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  3. ^ "Smurfs: The Lost Village [2D] (U)". British Board of Film Classification. February 23, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d Lowe, Kinsey (June 14, 2015). "'Get Smurfy' Unveiled: Demi Lovato Joins As Smurfette, Rainn Wilson As Gargamel". Deadline. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c Milligan, Mercedes (February 12, 2016). "New 'Smurfs: The Lost Village' Cast Revealed". Animation Magazine. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  7. ^ a b c Kit, Borys; Siegel, Tatiana (January 16, 2015). "'Homeland' Star to Voice Papa Smurf in Animated Movie". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  8. ^ Brandle, Lars (February 24, 2017). "Meghan Trainor Brings Back Girl Power for 'Smurfs' Song 'I'm a Lady': Listen". Billboard. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  9. ^ Busch, Anita (November 17, 2016). "Gabriel Iglesias Joins 'Ferdinand' & 'Smurfs' Voice Casts As He Readies Comedy Tour". Deadline. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  10. ^ "Sony already smurfing Smurfs 3". Variety.com. April 26, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  11. ^ Nemiroff, Perri (July 14, 2013). "Exclusive: The Smurfs 3 Will Include an Origin Story". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  12. ^ a b c Sony Pictures Animation (March 12, 2014). "Sony Pictures Animation Unveils Updated Production Slate" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  13. ^ "'Get Smurfy': First Look at Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson-Voiced Film". hollywoodreporter.com. June 14, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  14. ^ Alexander, Bryan (February 12, 2016). "Sneak peek: Joe Manganiello, Jack McBrayer are new blue crew in 'Smurfs'". USA Today. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  15. ^ "Meghan Trainor Writes "I'm a Lady" for 'Smurfs: The Lost Village'". December 5, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  16. ^ Chitwood, Adam (October 5, 2013). "FAULT IN OUR STARS Set for June 6, 2014; THE MAZE RUNNER Pushed to September 19, 2014; SMURFS 3 and THE BOOK THIEF Moved". Collider.com. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  17. ^ "A Sony Switcheroo: 'Smurfs' Reboot Pushed To 2016, 'Goosebumps' Moved Up To Summer 2015". Deadline.com. May 1, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  18. ^ Gregg Kidlay (March 25, 2015). "Sony Sets Release Date for Next 'Smurfs' Movie". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  19. ^ Silas Lesnick (April 13, 2016). "Sony Pictures Teases The Dark Tower, MIB 23, Passengers and More at CinemaCon". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  20. ^ "'Smurfs: The Lost Village' Teaser Released". Cartoon Brew. September 21, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  21. ^ "SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE - Official Teaser Trailer (HD) - YouTube". YouTube. September 21, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  22. ^ "Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  23. ^ "Smurfs: The Lost Village reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  24. ^ https://www.thewrap.com/smurfs-the-lost-village-review-demi-lovato-2017/
  25. ^ http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/smurfs-the-lost-village-review-1202016213/
  26. ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/smurfs-lost-village-review-988818
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