The running time is 102 minutes whereas the budget needed for the movie was $110 million. The filming began on March 2010 in New York City. During May, the scenes were filmed in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. The film was first decided to be released on theaters on December 17, 2010. However, the date was pushed to July 29, 2011. After, it was again pushed on 3 August, 2011 and on March 25 it was brought back to July 29, 2011. The release date on DVD and Blu-ray disc is on December 2, 2011. With the movie, it is also included a 22-minute animated short film named The Smurfs: Christmas Carol.
Now you can see the cast of the movie:
Live action actors:
-Neil Patrick Harris as Patrick Winslow
-Jayma Mays as Grace Winslow
-Hank Azaria as Gargamel
-Sofia Vergara as Odile Anjelou
-Tim Gunn as Henri
Some actors also participated: Joan Rivers, Liz Smith, Tom Colicchio, Olivia Palermo and Michael Musto.
Voice Actors:
-Jonathan Winters as Papa Smurf
-Katy Perry as Smurfette
-Fred Armisen as Brainy Smurf
-Alan Cumming as Gutsy Smurf
-Anton Yelchin as Clumpsy Smurf
-George Lopez as Crouchy Smurf
-Jeff Foxworthy as Candy Smurf
-Paul Reubens as Jokey Smurf
-Gary Basaraba as Hefty Smurf
-John Oliver as Vanity Smurf
-Kenan Thompson as Greedy Smurf
-B.J.Novak as Baker Smurf
-Joel McCrary as Farmer Smurf
-Wolfgang Puck as Chef Smurf
-John Kassir as Crazy Smurf
-Tom Kane as Narrator Smurf
-Frank Welker as Azrael
Generally, the movie received negative reviews from film critics. There are some of the critics that were made:
"The Smurfs assembles an undeniably talented cast of voice actors and live-action stars -- then crushes them beneath a blue mound of lowest-common-denominator kiddie fare"
''The Smurfs may be blue, but their movie is decidedly green, recycling discarded bits from other celluloid Happy Meals like Alvin and the Chipmunks ,Garfield , and Hop into something half animated, half live action, and all careful studio calculation".
"This numbingly generic Smurf-out-of-water-tale is strictly for those who stand closer to three apples tall."
Anyway it was announced that there will be a sequel that will be probably released on August 2, 2013. Sony began working on the sequel in early 2011 with writers David Stem, David Weiss, Jay Scherick and David Ronn. By early August 2011, the first draft of the script was completed.
Now you can take a little taste of the movie, reading the plot taken by Wikipedia:
The Smurfs get ready for the Blue Moon Festival. In his home, Papa Smurf sees a vision of the Smurfs in cages, Clumsy Smurf holding a dragon wand, and Gargamel being powerful. He refuses to allow Clumsy to pick Smurf Roots, but Clumsy disobeys Papa Smurf and does it anyway. However, Gargamel and Azrael see him and follow him into the village. The Smurfs all flee, and Clumsy runs into a forbidden cave. Papa Smurf, Smurfette , Grouchy, Brainy and Gutsy notice this and hurry after him. They find him at the edge of a cliff, and while trying to help him up, they are sucked into a gigantic vortex, leading to New York City. Patrick and Grace, a married and expectant couple and their Basset hound Elway, befriend them and allow them to stay in their apartment.
Papa Smurf learns that he will be able to get them all home in a couple nights. But first, he must figure out the spell to do so. Patrick tells them that there is an old book store in the city, and they head there to get a spell book. After lots of searching, they find one of their own comic books, containing the spell. Gargamel hears where they are, so he sneaks into the book store and finds a dragon wand, which he then steals. He uses the dragon wand to abduct Papa Smurf. The Smurfs promise Papa Smurf that they won't try to save him. However, Clumsy stayed behind with Grace and Elway, so he plans a rescue, along with Patrick. The other Smurfs agree to help. Meanwhile, Gargamel is going to remove the "Smurf essence" from Papa Smurf and charge it into the dragon wand, which would make him more powerful than anything else in the world.
Patrick and the Smurfs battle Gargamel while Smurfette fights Azrael and saves Papa Smurf. They, too, join the fight. Also, Brainy reads the spell and opens up the portal, allowing him to go home and round up his friends. Gargamel captures Papa Smurf again and throws him into the air, but Patrick catches him. Right before Gargamel can destroy them both, Gutsy knocks the dragon wand out of his hand. Clumsy tries to catch it, and Papa Smurf believes that he will fail, but, much to everyone's surprise, he manages to catch it. Without his dragon wand, Gargamel is powerless, and Papa Smurf destroys the wand once and for all, and the Smurfs return home safe and sound. Patrick and Grace have a baby boy, whom they name Blue to honor the Smurfs, and the Smurfs rebuild their houses to look like what humans have.
And finally you can see here below the trailer of the movie:
