{"id":1253974,"date":"2026-03-01T20:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=613415"},"modified":"2026-03-01T20:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:51:09","slug":"a-review-of-smurfs-aka-randomized-free-association-of-stuff-that-happens-in-kids-animated-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-review-of-smurfs-aka-randomized-free-association-of-stuff-that-happens-in-kids-animated-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"A review of Smurfs, aka \u2018Randomized Free-Association of Stuff That Happens in Kids\u2019 Animated Movies\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Smurfette and No Name Smurf look distressed in a still from the 2025 Smurfs movie\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a-review-of-smurfs-aka-randomized-free-association-of-stuff-that-happens-in-kids-animated-movies.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Here are some things that happen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/520000\/rihanna-smurf-movie-trailer-smurfette\"><em>Smurfs<\/em><\/a>, the 2025 animated movie about those little blue guys called Smurfs.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A long montage of character introductions, with the names of each character splashed on the screen: Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Brainy Smurf, Hefty Smurf, Sound Effects Smurf, Baker Smurf, and so on. Some of these characters barely appear again in the movie; many are visually indistinguishable<\/li>\n<li>Multiple musical numbers, with the Smurfs all facing the camera doing synchronized, learnable dance routines, set to intense, reggaeton-flavored tracks that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/movies\/599501\/rihanna-smurfs-single-friend-of-mine-banger\">go surprisingly hard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Multiple swooshy rollercoaster moments, of the sort that were compulsory during the 3D era, where the Smurfs go \u201cWHOOAAAAAA\u201d while zooming along some sort of rainbow ribbon between dimensions or something<\/li>\n<li>A prologue in which a narrator tells us all about the four color-coded talking magic books that govern all peace, harmony, and goodness in the universe (they were stolen by evil wizards, but the one with Amy Sedaris\u2019 voice is hiding out with the Smurfs)<\/li>\n<li>A bit where the Smurfs travel through alternate dimensions that are animated in different styles, like claymation and anime<\/li>\n<li>A bit where the Smurfs meet a race of cute, mischievous furry things called Snooterpoots that nobody asked the filmmakers to invent but I guess they\u2019re part of Smurfs lore now<\/li>\n<li>Voice cameos by a long list of ridiculously famous people with better things to do that includes John Goodman, Nick Offerman, Kurt Russell (<em>Kurt Russell!<\/em>), Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Jimmy Kimmel, Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, and, apparently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ALZHF5UqnU4\">viral hit DJ Marshmello<\/a> as a Smurf-sized turtle whose presence in the movie is entirely mystifying<\/li>\n<li>Some bits where the Smurfs inhabit a fully animated world, some bits where they inhabit a live-action world (including the \u201creal\u201d Paris), and a bit where they ride along with some photorealistic CG kangaroos, with no clear explanation for the jarring changes in style<\/li>\n<li>Multiple scenes where Smurfette, played by international pop star, billionaire entrepreneur, and powerful Black woman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23700994\/rihanna-smurfette-smurfs-movie\">Rihanna<\/a>, helps No Name Smurf, played by professional annoying English white man James Corden, realize his dream to Find His Thing and become the hero who saves the day<\/li>\n<li>Some stuff about the origin of Smurfette, the only female Smurf, and how she was created by the evil wizards to tempt the Smurfs to their doom (to be fair, I can\u2019t blame this on the movie, it\u2019s part of historic Smurfs lore)<\/li>\n<li>A bit where a Smurf appears to say the word \u201cfuck\u201d but it\u2019s hilariously bleeped out by Sound Effect Smurf, for the dads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a-review-of-smurfs-aka-randomized-free-association-of-stuff-that-happens-in-kids-animated-movies-1.jpg\" alt=\"Papa Smurf is sucked up in a purple tractor beam in the 2025 Smurfs movie\" title=\"Papa Smurf is sucked up in a purple tractor beam in the 2025 Smurfs movie\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a-review-of-smurfs-aka-randomized-free-association-of-stuff-that-happens-in-kids-animated-movies-2.jpg\" alt=\"A group of brightly colored furball creatures called Snooterpoots in the 2025 Smurfs movie\" title=\"A group of brightly colored furball creatures called Snooterpoots in the 2025 Smurfs movie\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a-review-of-smurfs-aka-randomized-free-association-of-stuff-that-happens-in-kids-animated-movies-3.jpg\" alt=\"Three evil wizards loom in giant green projections over a silhouetted fourth in the 2025 Smurfs movie\" title=\"Three evil wizards loom in giant green projections over a silhouetted fourth in the 2025 Smurfs movie\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a-review-of-smurfs-aka-randomized-free-association-of-stuff-that-happens-in-kids-animated-movies-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">I could go on, but you get the idea. <em>Smurfs<\/em> is garbage. It\u2019s a randomized assortment of Stuff That Happens in Kids\u2019 Animated Movies, which scriptwriter Pam Brady (<em>Hot Rod<\/em>) and director Chris Miller (<em>Shrek the Third, Puss in Boots<\/em>) seem to have organized into a narrative by means of free-association. It\u2019s mostly meaningless, or occasionally mildly offensive, if you stop to think about it. It\u2019s also blandly drawn, stiffly animated, and maddeningly inconsistent in its visual design.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Look, I get it; it\u2019s tough to make something out of the Smurfs. I grew up in the U.K., but I have family in France and Switzerland, and visiting them in the summers, I would always be drawn to my cousins\u2019 racks of <em>bandes dessin\u00e9es<\/em> \u2014 French-language comic books, often originating in Belgium, usually published in lovely big-format hardcovers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23697440\/tintin-calculus-affair-cold-war\">Tintin<\/a> and Asterix are the ubiquitous ones that were translated around the world, but I would also find the likes of <em>Spirou et Fantasio <\/em>(a Tintin knockoff about a bellboy who goes on adventures), <em>Gaston <\/em>(a brilliant slapstick metacomedy set in the offices of Spirou\u2019s publisher), and the Smurfs, or <em>Les Schtroumpfs<\/em> \u2014 miniature blue gnomes that began as supporting characters in a medieval fantasy series called <em>Johan et Pirlouit<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The Smurfs\u2019 iconic look, created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo, helped make them internationally famous,&nbsp; with the help of some very efficient licensing and merchandizing. But the original comics were never that widely published, and at this point, the Smurfs are just famous for being famous. They\u2019re globally recognizable, which is why films still get made about them, but they don\u2019t stand for anything or have much of a coherent overall narrative. They\u2019re a black hole of meaning that\u2019s difficult to fill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Smurfs<\/em> tries to fill it, but fails. It isn\u2019t boring \u2014 it moves along at a clip, and keeps shape-changing in a way that keeps the audience off balance. But it\u2019s a lazy assortment of kids\u2019 movie tropes that exists only to keep a perpetual branding machine in motion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">My 6-year-old daughter loved it.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Smurfs<\/em> arrives in theaters on Friday, July 18.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/animation-cartoons\/613415\/smurfs-2025-review-this-isnt-even-a-movie\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some things that happen in Smurfs, the 2025 animated movie about those little blue guys called Smurfs. A long montage of character introductions, with the names of each character splashed on the screen: Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Brainy Smurf, Hefty Smurf, Sound Effects Smurf, Baker Smurf, and so on. Some of these characters barely appear again in the movie; many are visually indistinguishable Multiple musical numbers, with the Smurfs all facing the camera doing synchronized, learnable dance routines, set to intense, reggaeton-flavored tracks that go surprisingly hard Multiple swooshy rollercoaster moments, of the sort that were compulsory during the 3D era, where the Smurfs go \u201cWHOOAAAAAA\u201d while zooming along some sort of rainbow ribbon between dimensions or something A prologue in which a narrator&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-review-of-smurfs-aka-randomized-free-association-of-stuff-that-happens-in-kids-animated-movies\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1253975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1253974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A review of Smurfs, aka \u2018Randomized Free-Association of Stuff That Happens in Kids\u2019 Animated Movies\u2019 | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here are some things that happen in Smurfs, the 2025 animated movie about those little blue guys called Smurfs. 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