With his new creations, evil Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties, named Vexy and Hackus, Gargamel plans on opening a portal to Smurf Village by using the Eiffel Tower as a conduit so that he can kidnap Smurfette and, through her, get Papa Smurf's secret formula for creating Smurfs.
However, as the portal he created is not big enough for him to go through, Gargamel sends Vexy through to the portal to kidnap Smurfette. The Smurfs witness the abduction of Smurfette and inform Papa Smurf, who uses his magic to create crystals that allow several of his Smurfs to travel directly to Patrick Winslow's residence in New York City in order to get his help to rescue Smurfette.
Papa originally intends for Brainy, Hefty, and Gutsy to use the crystals, but through an accident, Clumsy, Grouchy and Vanity use them instead. Papa and the three Smurfs arrive in the apartment right after the celebration of Blue's fourth birthday where they meet both Blue and Patrick's stepfather Victor Doyle, a man who is a constant embarrassment to Patrick.
The Smurfs soon discover where Gargamel is, and so they and the Winslows set off for Paris in order to find him. After their arrival in Paris, Patrick and Grace work together with Victor to distract Gargamel during one of his performances while the Smurfs sneak backstage in order to find Smurfette, only to discover what Gargamel is planning.
At the same time, Smurfette escapes from her prison, and Vexy and Hackus chase after her. Upon her return to Gargamel's hotel suite with the Naughties, Gargamel presents her with a tiny dragon wand as a feigned act of kindness. Smurfette still refuses to give Gargamel the formula until she sees that the Naughties are dying due to a lack of Smurf essence. Faced without an alternative to save them, Smurfette writes the formula down and Gargamel uses it to turn the Naughties into real Smurfs.
Immediately after they become Smurfs, Gargamel puts them into his Smurf-a-lator so he can carry out the rest of his plan.
Meanwhile, Patrick, Victor, and the Smurfs work together to rescue Smurfette. The Smurfs are soon captured and put into the Smurf-a-lator, powering Gargamel's large-sized dragon wand. Patrick and Victor arrive just in time to destroy the Smurf-a-lator together, causing an explosion of smurf essence that destroys the written formula and frees the Smurfs from their cages.
Everyone is blasted out of Gargamel's lair through a sewer hole where Patrick and Victor reunite with Grace and Blue. Gargamel reappears out of the sewer hole only to be blasted away by Smurfette with her new wand.
He then falls onto the Notre Dame Cathedral , where he accidentally brings a stone African wild dog to life, which then throws him to the top of the Eiffel Tower where fireworks then set off, sending him in the air. The Smurfs then bid farewell to the Winslows, then return home with Vexy and Hackus.
In two post-credit sequences, Gargamel and Azrael are pulled into the portal, sending them back to their castle, and they later have a fight. On August 9, , Sony Pictures Animation announced a sequel to be released on August 2, , which was later rescheduled to July 31, two years and two days after the release of its predecessor. Sony began working on the sequel in early with writers J. David Stem, David N.
Weiss, Jay Scherick and David Ronn. By early August , the first draft of the script was completed. Winters died on April 11, by then, work had already ended on this film. Gosnell, the director of the film, explained: "She came to Paris and did a tiny little cameo for us, but ultimately for story clarity we had to omit that scene. It just muddied things up a bit. So it was a sad day for us, but she'll always be part of our Smurfy family.
The film was theatrically released in the United States on July 31, The website's consensus reads, "Like its predecessor, Smurfs 2 may amuse small children, but it's largely an unambitious, charm-free collection of slapstick gags and one-liners.
Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter said "Beyond a few chuckle-worthy one-liners and some amusing visual comedy, there's not much to engage adults, although the wee ones should be distracted enough.
Smurfs" is a movie I would pay to see, provided maximum destruction were promised. Joe Williams of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch said "It's not exactly " Ratatouille ," but this quasi-animated movie makes an amusing late-summer vacation from superheroes and shoot-'em-ups.
Other reviews were more agnostic regarding the film's quality. Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times gave the film two and a half stars out of five, saying "Right down to the brute functionality of its title, " The Smurfs 2 " may be the platonic ideal of a major studio sequel - no markedly better or worse than the first and with just enough difference to lay claim to being something new.
Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying "This insipid, and sometimes awkward, blend of animation, computer generation and live action wastes a ton of talent and lacks a true sense of whimsy. You be the judge. The box is more likely to stimulate a child's imagination and less likely to contain jokes about testicles. Sean O'Connell of The Washington Post gave the film two out of five stars, saying "I found " The Smurfs 2 " to be more enjoyable and far less obnoxious than [the original].
This, of course, is like saying having a cavity filled is preferable to a root canal, but in the dog days of the summer blockbuster season, beggars can't be smurfers. But this is a movie made for two groups: small children and people who have fond memories of the TV show. Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times gave the film two out of five stars, saying "The movie doesn't have the wit of the first installment and seems as if it might be hard for young children to follow, though who knows with young children?
In Russia and Latin America, it performed better than the first film, while in Europe, it under-performed. The Smurfs 2: Music from and Inspired By , the soundtrack of the film, was released on July 23, We revisit in our Year in Review episode! Jacob is a marketer and broadcaster. Jacob has worked as a brand manager in safety and food products and worked for several media brands in the country.
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