For better or worse, I think by now we’ve all grown used to Hollywood’s desperate practice of recycling – sorry, “updating” – movies, TV and cartoons. One by one, the joyful entertainments of our youth have been dragged into the present, covered in a layer of pop-culture sass, and trotted out for our kids to “enjoy”. I wasn’t expecting The Smurfs to be any different, but was pleasantly surprised to find it highly entertaining, and even heartwarming. It’s a great family movie.
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