Smurfs: The Lost Village
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: April 7, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
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Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
15
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Andrew ParkerApr 6, 2017
It’s all in good fun, but it also wants to engage with children beyond hollow gags and pop songs, which are there, but kept to a tasteful minimum. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghApr 6, 2017
This fully animated reboot embraces the Smurfs Saturday-morning-cartoon roots and creates a sprightly, brightly colored, age-appropriate adventure for young children fresh to the little blue woodland creatures. Read full review
70
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMar 26, 2017
Lots of little lessons are interspersed throughout Smurfs: The Lost Village, but the film itself is an example that even the big, powerful, well-paid grown-ups who run movie studios can learn a thing or two. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 26, 2017
It’s not a rousing animated comedy that parents will cherish along with their kids. It’s more like a colorful and diverting pacifier. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyApr 5, 2017
An inoffensive children’s film with an above-average voice cast, competent animation, and no product placement. This is enough to make it the finest film ever made about the Smurfs. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiApr 7, 2017
While Smurfs: The Lost Village may not be better or more entertaining, the acknowledgment that it is aiming solely for the kiddie audience this time around at least makes it slightly more palatable than its predecessors. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshApr 6, 2017
The jokes are sodden, relying on tired wordplay and sarcastic delivery to draw the faintest of laughs. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoApr 6, 2017
Entertainment so generically gentle, it doesn’t compare to last year’s similarly themed, tonally looser “Trolls.” Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 26, 2017
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. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyJoey NolfiApr 7, 2017
A saccharine fantasy-adventure that’s sure to tide the tots over until a shinier one (Cars 3, anyone?) comes along to take its place. Read full review
40
We Got This CoveredWill AshtonApr 9, 2017
Despite its stunning backdrops and inspired new designs, Smurfs: The Lost Village is a smurfing waste of time. Read full review
40
Total FilmKevin HarleyApr 9, 2017
“Prepare for Gar-mageddon!” Or worse: more Smurfs films. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsAriel ScottiApr 7, 2017
They blue it. The brains behind the eye-popping but soul-sapping Smurfs: The Lost Village missed an opportunity to celebrate girl power. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshApr 6, 2017
Though it's nice to see Smurfette get her due, the whole endeavor feels tired and tiring. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottApr 6, 2017
"The Lost Village" is pure Saturday-morning stuff. And that's both a good thing and a bad thing. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 5, 2017
Fans of smurfiness may well like it, and Gargamel gets some nice lines, but I have to say that both script and animation are entirely predictable, as if generated by some computer software. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeyApr 4, 2017
Under-eights may thrill to this, or they may, in years to come, confuse it with their first LSD trip. Just don’t say you weren’t warned. Read full review
40
EmpireNick de SemlyenApr 3, 2017
A microwave meal of a kid’s film, consisting of tired tropes and bland platitudes. This particular village should have stayed lost. Read full review
38
St. Louis Post-DispatchJody MitoriApr 6, 2017
Young children will be entertained, but for the rest of the audience, pretty colors just aren’t enough. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonApr 2, 2017
It's content to be the sort of film parents can throw on an iPad to ensure 90 minutes' worth of relative peace and quiet away from their antic children. Read full review
37
Washington PostPat PaduaApr 6, 2017
Anyone much taller than a Smurf may turn blue long before its 81 minutes are over. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubApr 6, 2017
Smurfs: The Lost Village has the look of a film that was rushed, and made on a tight budget. At best, it’s an adequate cinematic babysitter. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 4, 2017
That’s the sole challenge and only entertainment value in this nicely-animated drivel, figuring out the voices. Read full review
16
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 6, 2017
The Lost Village may be awful, but it’s not malicious. It doesn’t flaunt its mediocrity or celebrate its ugliness — it isn’t “Sing.” Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovApr 5, 2017
A strictly-for-the-kiddies animated reboot of the seemingly ancient Smurf brand, The Lost Village is so tame it hardly merits a PG rating. Read full review
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