Paramount Animation Discussion

[RainySunshine]

I don't think anyone expected this movie to be good.  It's for kids and the lowest denominators. SMURFS 2025 is a reboot of the franchise. Generic movie to the max.

As of July 23, 2025, Smurfs has grossed $16 million in the United States and Canada, and $32 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $48 million against a budget of $58 million.  It should easily beat its budget during its run.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 21% of 85 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Antic and zany without being particularly fun, this incarnation of Smurfs just isn't the smurfest tool in the shed."

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 31 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.

Many critics felt the film was made to capitalize on the Smurfs intellectual property, and described it as "tedious" and "boring". Several reviews also unfavorably compared the film to Trolls (2016).




A review by Dazz Reviews.

[RainySunshine]

Coming December 2025... The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.

[NostradamusTheSeer]

The new Smurfs film has a long  way to go to top its predecessors, esp. with the people's fond memories of Don Messick [the eighties series] and Jonathan Winters [the 2013 film, in what I believe was his final role] as Papa Smurf.  Also, dammit, Smurfette's voice should be screechy, not sultry.  Even her most banal lines, like "I think I just swallowed my gum", spoken in those dulcet tones, may risk throwing legions of fanboys into priapristic thralls.     

[MasterXtreme]

It's so sad what happened to this Franchise.  Peyo would probably be very upset with what has happened to it. 

Smurfette doesn't even sound right.  Who made that decision?

[Darrin]

Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie is the next film by this studio. Set to release August 14, 2026. It is being co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Spin Master Entertainment.