The Smurfs 2
Year: 2013
Genre: Fantasy, Family, Comedy, Animation
Studio: NeoReel, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Hemisphere Media Capital, Kerner Entertainment Company
Director: Raja Gosnell
Cast: Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Brendan Gleeson, Katy Perry, Jacob Tremblay
Crew: Randi Wells (Casting), G.A. Aguilar (Stunt Coordinator), Jered Zalman (Assistant Editor), Austin Mahone (Songs), Becky G (Songs), Sean Dwyer (First Assistant Director)
Runtime: 104 minutes
Release: Jul 30, 2013
IMDb: 5.74/10 by 2,235 users
Popularity: 6
Country: United States of America, Canada, France
Language: English
Budget: 105,000,000
Revenue: 347,434,178

Decent watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend. Again, Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays are the best thing about this movie titled "The Smurfs", and this time they have more humans taking the focus away from the Smurfs. Additionally they have the Naughties that also distract from the Smurfs, but they at least make the movie interesting and accent the Smurf story line instead of stealing the spotlight for their own story. This time around they did something very interesting and focused the story line to Smurfette, not well, but they did it. This allows Gargamel, the Naughties, the Smurfs and the humans (part time) to focus on her so the movie is chiefly Smurf focused, even though (as specifically discussed in the movie) Smurfette and the Naughties aren't technically the same as the others. (This is arguable, as it is possible all Smurfs are magically created.) The messages of inclusion and togetherness and family are actually a lot stronger in this movie than the first, as well as the level of goofiness from Gargamel, to include his celebrity status. I think I'm just not a fan of this movie series, but clearly the movies did good enough to warrant their production value.