- Release: July 31, 2013
- This is Jonathan Winters' (voice actor of Papa Smurf) final film after his death on April 11, 2013
- Katy Perry's 3rd hit movie in a row (The Smurfs 2011, Katy Perry: Part of Me 2012)
LIVE ACTION ACTORS
- Hank Azaria as Gargamel
- Neil Patrick Harris as Patrick "Pat" Winslow
- Jayma Mays as Grace Winslow
- Sofํa Vergara as Odile Anjelou
- Brendan Gleeson as Victor Doyle, Patrick's stepfather
- Nancy O'Dell as herself, a television interviewer
VOICE ACTORS
- Jonathan Winters as Papa Smurf
- Katy Perry as Smurfette
- Fred Armisen as Brainy Smurf
- Alan Cumming as Gutsy Smurf
- Anton Yelchin as Clumsy Smurf
- George Lopez as Grouchy Smurf
- John Oliver as Vanity Smurf
- Christina Ricci as Vexy, a smart and mischievous Smurf-like "Naughty"
- J. B. Smoove as Hackus, a funny and physical, Smurf-like "Naughty"
- Mario Lopez as Social Smurf
- Jimmy Kimmel as Passive Aggressive Smurf
- Kevin Lee as Party Planner Smurf
Katy Perry thinks Smurfette really "comes into her own" in The Smurfs 2.
Katy Perry says The Smurfs sequel is "heartfelt".
The singer voices Smurfette in the animated children's franchise.
This time around her character has complex layers, with Smurfette being kidnapped by the evil Gargamel as she holds the key to a spell.
"The storyline is really heartfelt," she explained to ET Online.
"Smurfette is super vulnerable this time. She's kind of like super emotional, more than just cute. She's complex, she's coming into her own with her set of growing pains. There's a lot more depth to her character, so you need a lot more depth in the voicing."
Katy joins stars such as Hank Azaria and Neil Patrick Harris for the film.
The 28-year-old believes it's the very real human characteristics that draw people into The Smurfs.
"It's like everybody goes through these, kind of, coming-of-age growing pains, questioning existence," she smiled.
"In some ways, [Smurfette's] almost, like, turning into a teenager. She's like, 'Why am I here? What am I doing?' I think people can relate with that."
Neil plays Patrick in the movie and actually appears as himself among the blue cartoon characters.
The How I Met Your Mother star thinks children and parents alike will be interested in what The Smurfs get up to.
"We're always playing with another level of the movie that you can watch and appreciate as an adult, which I think is a smart call, because hopefully children will be wanting to watch The Smurfs sequel multiple times at home," he chuckled.
"It's nice for the adults to have something to latch on to and I think father-son bonding is always an interesting issue, and I think it's played really well in this movie."
REVIEWS
40% on Rotten Tomatoes Based on 5 reviews Fresh
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A sequel that changes scarcely a drop of Smurf-essence in its winning formula. – Variety
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Hybrid specialist Raja Gosnell returns as director and ably delivers slapstick comedy for the kids and nicely shot views of Paris landmarks for the adults. – Screen International
Rotten
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The Smurfs 2 will keep a child reasonably entertained for 105 minutes--but so will a large, empty cardboard box. The box is more likely to stimulate a child's imagination and less likely to contain jokes about testicles. – The Wrap
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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. – Hollywood Reporter
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The name is seen as enough to fill the multiplexes, and there's something deeply cynical about that. You feel the Smurfs themselves would not approve. – Digital Spy
The Smurfs 2 will keep a child reasonably entertained for 105 minutes--but so will a large, empty cardboard box. The box is more likely to stimulate a child's imagination and less likely to contain jokes about testicles. The Wrap
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25% on Rotten Tomatoes Based on 8 reviews Rotten
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Raja Gosnell's particular zeal to modernize the Smurfs only develops this would-be family comedy into a shamelessly manipulative smurftastrophe. – Slant Magazine
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If you pay good money to see this film, knowing full well that it's called The Smurfs 2, then you probably deserve every second of this boring, insipid and pandering kiddie flick. – CraveOnline
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It will do what it sets out to do -- to entertain younger kids without driving their parents nuts -- but the bar isn't set very high here. – Times-Picayune
If you pay good money to see this film, knowing full well that it's called The Smurfs 2, then you probably deserve every second of this boring, insipid and pandering kiddie flick. – CraveOnline
REVIEWS
20% on Rotten Tomatoes Based on 20 reviews Fresh
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Will kids like "The Smurfs 2" at least as much as the first one? Answer: Is a Smurf's butt blue? Minneapolis Star Tribune
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For movies that don't aspire to the pedigree of age-spanning animated tales, it's harmless and above-average. Film School Rejects
Rotten
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Not Smurftastic, but not Smurfawful, either. Newsday
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When the Smurfs take control of the movie, Smurfs 2 succeeds. When they don't, it dies. Film Racket
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Its tolerant messages remain buried beneath lame pop-culture references, hectic slapstick, fart jokes, and endless Smurf-puns that-Azaria's funny, over-the-top cartoon villainy aside-make one pine for the Smurfpocalypse. Village Voice
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There's a modicum of fun to be found in the blue-hued special effects, knockabout humour and decent voice cast. Time Out
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Patient Adult Smurfs will be checking their watches as Excitable Child Smurfs lose themselves in the high jinks. Time Out New York
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Anyone who has seen NPH host the Tonys or the Emmys may wonder if there is nothing the actor can't do. Well, he can't make his thankless role as straight man to tiny blue cartoons work. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Inoffensive but insufferably bland...while it will do as a cinematic babysitter, it's not much more than that. One Guy's Opinion
