This ostentatiously expensive remake is reliant on our memory of the original to accentuate every significant moment.
The trailer for the photorealistic remake of the 1994 film is hellbent on proving that you can indeed step in the same river twice.
Raja Gosnell’s particular zeal to modernize the Smurfs only develops this would-be family comedy into a shamelessly manipulative smurftastrophe.
The Smurfs movie reminds us that there’s no bigger bitch in life than nostalgia.
Community has a boldness to it that sets it apart from traditional network sitcoms.