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Smurfs: The Lost Village (previously known as Get Smurfy) is a 2017 American computer-animated fantasy comedy adventure film directed by Kelly Asbury and based on the Smurfs characters created by Peyo. It is the last installment in Sony's Smurfs film series, and was produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation and The Kerner Entertainment Company. It features the voices of Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, Mandy Patinkin, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pudi, Michelle Rodriguez, Ellie Kemper, Jake Johnson, Ariel Winter, Meghan Trainor, and Julia Roberts. It was released to mixed reviews from critics, but was a box office success, grossing $197.2 million against a production budget of $60 million. To-date, it is the lowest-grossing film in the Smurfs franchise, but was deemed an improvement over the live-action films.
Plot[]
In Smurf Village the Smurfs now lives peacefully while Gargamel has come back to try to catch them to take their energy to become the most powerful sorcerer in the world.
After Smurfette accidentally breaks an invention by Brainy, made up by a fun day snowboarding with Brainy, Hefty, and Clumsy, Smurfette sees a blue creature hidden by a leaf and follows it straight into the Forbidden Forest, which Papa Smurf forbids the Smurfs from entering, believing the creature to be a Smurf. She loses sight of the creature but she discovers a hat that was dropped by the possible Smurf.
Smurfette ends up being captured by Gargamel and at his castle, she ends up inadvertently revealing the hat, enabling Gargamel to mix up a brew that causes him to locate the village on a map. Soon enough Hefty, Brainy, & Clumsy who followed Smurfette, help her escape and return to Smurf Village, where they are eventually ended up punished by Papa Smurf for disobeying his orders and confines them to their houses while dismissing their claims of a lost village filled with Smurfs.
However, Smurfette, still wanting to find her place, sneaks out into the night, with Brainy, Clumsy, and Hefty volunteering to come with her, simply because they're Team Smurf. Smurfette agrees to let them join her and together they enter the Forbidden Forest. Gargamel soon discovers them trying to find the lost village and heads out with his cat Azrael and giant bird Monty to stop them.
The four best friends follow the map and end up in various adventures, such as being attacked by monster flowers and getting caught in a stampede of luminescent rabbits, one of whom they befriend and name Bucky, who helps them on their quest. After setting sail on their handmade raft along the river, they encounter Gargamel, Azrael, and Monty. Following a brief chase, Gargamel is thrown out of his own raft. Hefty and Smurfette convince the others to help save him. They do so but instead of thanking them, he pushed them out of their raft, leaving them to plunge down a waterfall.
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, so he sets out to find and set things right with them. Back with the Smurf group, after surviving the waterfall and washed ashore, they are soon captured by the leaf-covered 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 tough-tomboy Smurf Storm, the cheerful Smurf Blossom, the gentle Smurf Lily and the music-loving Smurf Melody. They all welcome the Smurfs, especially Smurfette, to their humble home. After a while of showing them what they do, Smurf Storm and Clumsy come back with her telling that Smurfette was created by Gargamel. Before they can attack her for being considered a traitor, Papa Smurf appears, and the female smurfs accept him into their home.
As Papa Smurf and Smurf Willow arguing and fighting each, Gargamel comes and destroys Smurfy Grove, capturing all the Smurfs, all except Smurfette, who is now alone, feeling guilty for her actions. However, Brainy's pet Snappy bug shows her a picture of her and the others, and she soon realizes that she is not a real Smurf, and heads back to Gargamel's lair with Snappy and Bucky to save the Smurfs.
At Gargamel's lair, where all the Smurfs are, Brainy makes a plan to escape. Papa Smurf hears their plan and he and Smurf Willow decide to help them. Hefty, Brainy, Clumsy, and some of the female Smurfs succeed at the plan until Gargamel and Azrael spot them and put some of the female Smurfs and Clumsy into his Smurfilator, extracting their essence. Smurfette appears, tricking Gargamel that she wants to be an evil smurf again.
When Gargamel tries to turn Smurfette into an evil smurf, he realizes that Smurfette is absorbing his magic powers instead, a skill she found earlier after destroying Brainy's invention. The lair explodes, sending Gargamel, Azrael, and Monty into a lake full of piranhas. Unfortunately, Smurfette has reverted to her original lifeless clay form. Papa quickly tries to find a spell, but Brainy states there's nothing they can do to save her, leaving everyone, especially Papa, heartbroken.
Back at Smurf Village, all the Smurfs--everyone--mourn the loss of Smurfette. Using their energy, Smurfette comes back to life and becomes a Smurf again and everybody happily celebrates.
After which, Smurf Village and Smurfy Grove become united with each other and Smurfette finally finds her purpose, becoming a new leader of the Smurfs and most of all, true-blue Smurf.
In a mid-credits scene, Gargamel and his pets are shown to have survived with the wizard blaming Azrael for his failure.
Cast[]
- Demi Lovato as Smurfette
- Rainn Wilson as Gargamel
- Mandy Patinkin as Papa Smurf
- Joe Manganiello as Hefty Smurf
- Jack McBrayer as Clumsy Smurf
- Danny Pudi as Brainy Smurf
- Julia Roberts as Smurfwillow
- Michelle Rodriguez as Smurfstorm
- Ellie Kemper as Smurfblossom
- Ariel Winter as Smurflily
- Meghan Trainor as Smurfmelody
- Jake Johnson as Grouchy Smurf
- Gordon Ramsay as Baker Smurf
- Tituss Burgess as Vanity Smurf
- Gabriel Iglesias as Jokey Smurf
- Jeff Dunham as Farmer Smurf
- Kelly Asbury as Nosey Smurf
- Bret Marnell as Snappy Bug
- Melissa Sturm as Smurfjade
- Frank Welker as Azrael
- Dee Bradley Baker as Monty
Additional Voices[]
- Eric Bauza
- Ashley Bell
- Bob Bergen
- Debi Derryberry
- Terri Douglas
- Jeff Fischer
- Jennifer Crystal Foley
- Jackie Gonneau
- Josh Keaton
- Marcella Lentz-Pope
- Yuri Lowenthal
- Scott Menville - Gullible Smurf
- Max Mittelman
- Courtney Peldon
- Ashleigh Prather
- Lashana Rodriguez
- Anee Sackmann
- Tara Strong
- Brittany Tuerpe
- Kari Wahlgren
- Lisa Wilhoit
- Matthew Wood
- Shelby Young
Additional Voices (uncredited)[]
- Lori Alan
- Carlos Alazraqui
- Steve Alterman
- Rodger Bumpass
- Gregg Berger
- John Cygan
- Brian T. Delaney
- Chris Edgerly
- Bill Farmer
- Keith Ferguson
- Teresa Ganzel
- Jess Harnell
- John Kassir
- Matthew Labyorteaux
- Aaron LaPlante
- Jason Marsden
- Mona Marshall
- Danny Mann
- Jonathan Nichols
- Laraine Newman
- Nolan North
- Paul Pape
- Jan Rabson
- Mindy Sterling
- Fred Tatasciore
- James Kevin Ward
Production[]
On May 10, 2012, just two weeks after they announced production of The Smurfs 2, Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia Pictures were already developing a script for The Smurfs 3 with scribes Karey Kirkpatrick and Chris Poche. Hank Azaria, who plays Gargamel in the series, revealed that the third film "might actually deal with the genuine origin of how all these characters ran into each other way back when." It was later announced that, unlike the first two live action/computer-animated hybrid films, the third film would be entirely computer-animated in order to make it more cartoony.
In March 2014, it was revealed that Kelly Asbury was hired to direct the film. Exploring the origins of Smurfs, the comedy-adventure will feature a new take on the characters, with designs and environments more closely following the artwork created by Peyo. In the same year, concept art for the Smurfettes being.
The film was initially set to be released on August 14, 2015, but on May 1, 2014, the film's release date was pushed back to August 5, 2016. In January 2015, Sony announced that the late Jonathan Winters would be replaced by Mandy Patinkin in the role of Papa Smurf.
On March 25, 2015, the release date was pushed back to March 31, 2017, in order to have enough time to work on "a story that was not fully in the place," and take advantage of the Easter weekend. On June 14, 2015, Sony Pictures Animation revealed Get Smurfy as title of the film. In addition to Patinkin, Demi Lovato has been cast as Smurfette, replacing Katy Perry, while Rainn Wilson replaced Hank Azaria as Gargamel.
Release[]
The film was initially set for release on August 14, 2015, but on May 1, 2014, the release date was pushed back to August 5, 2016. In March 2015, the release date was pushed back again to March 31, 2017. a teaser trailer online for August 14, 2016. In March 2016, the release date was pushed back one final time to April 7, 2017.
Home media[]
- Main article: Smurfs: The Lost Village (video)
Reception[]
Box office[]
Smurfs: The Lost Village grossed $45 million in North America and $152.2 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $197.2 million, against a production budget of $60 million.
In North America, the film opened alongside Going in Style and The Case for Christ and was projected to gross around $16–20 million in its opening weekend from 3,602 theaters. It ended up opening to $13.2 million, marking the lowest debut of the Smurfs franchise by a wide margin and finishing 3rd at the box office.
Critical response[]
Smurfs: The Lost Village received mixed reviews from critics and audiences. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 40% based on 97 reviews and an average rating of 4.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Smurfs: The Lost Village may satisfy very young viewers and hardcore Smurfaholics, but its predictable story and bland animation continue the franchise's recent mediocre streak." On Metacritic, the film has a score 40 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, an improvement over the "A−" score earned by both previous Smurfs films. In 2018, the film was awarded The ReFrame Stamp in the 2017 Narrative & Animated Feature Recipients category.
Alonzo Duralde of TheWrap 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." 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."
Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Smurfs: The Lost Village is a mediocre effort that nonetheless succeeds in its main goal of keeping its blue characters alive for future merchandising purposes."
Gallery[]
Soundtrack[]
The soundtrack for Smurfs: The Lost Village was scored by Christopher Lennertz, after he previously did the score for The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol and The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow. The song "You Will Always Find Me In Your Heart" was performed by Shaley Scott, with Lennertz writing the song. The soundtrack was released on March 31, 2017 by Madison Gate Records.
Trivia[]
- This is the first time Sony Pictures Animation releases three films in the same year, while the other films are The Emoji Movie and The Star.
- This is the first Sony Pictures Animations film to star a female protagonist.
- This film and The Emoji Movie are the only two Sony Pictures Animation films to have single-disc Blu-ray releases rather than Blu-ray/DVD/Digital combo packs since Open Season 2.
- Thus, this is also Sony Pictures Animation's second theatrical film not to have a Blu-ray 3-D release after Surf's Up.
- This is the first film in the Smurfs series not to be released in July.
- The first film to have Smurfette appear in the Columbia Pictures logo at the beginning because Smurfette pushes the torch lady down during the logo.
- This is the second fully-animated feature-length Smurfs film after the traditionally-animated The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (which was released in the US back in 1983).
- This is the last Smurfs film to be produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Columbia Pictures; the next animated Smurfs film (currently untitled at this time) will be produced by Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies and distributed by Paramount Pictures beginning in 2025.
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