{"id":319,"date":"2025-07-19T20:34:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/?p=319"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:27:34","slug":"worst-film-ever-ripped-apart-by-critics-in-one-star-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/19\/worst-film-ever-ripped-apart-by-critics-in-one-star-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Worst film ever\u2019 ripped apart by critics in one-star reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The newly released Smurfs has not received a warm reception (Picture: Paramount Animation via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A movie freshly released into cinemas on Friday, ready to take advantage of summer blockbuster audiences, has been savaged by critics<\/a> as one of the worst films they\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

The family film has attracted a wave of one-star reviews deriding it as \u2018punishing\u2019, \u2018painfully sentimental\u2019 and \u2018kryptonite to comedy<\/a> and entertainment\u2019.<\/p>\n

Smurfs, which has rested most of most of its marketing on solely on music superstar and billionaire entrepreneur Rihanna<\/a>\u2019s involvement, has been in cinemas worldwide for less than two full days.<\/p>\n

And while fan reaction has started to trickle in during opening weekend with a seemingly pretty positive marker of 64%<\/a> on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, professional critics have been far less kind, putting it at 21%<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And those who hated Smurfs, really, really hated it, with several outlets awarding it the lowest rating possible.<\/p>\n

This is despite Paramount Pictures best efforts, casting Rihanna as Smurfette<\/a> and backing her up with a star-studded wealth of vocal talent from the likes of John Goodman<\/a>, Nick Offerman, Kurt Russell, Sandra Oh<\/a>, Octavia Spencer, Natasha Lyonne, Jimmy Kimmel, Nick Kroll, Hannah Waddingham<\/a> and James Corden<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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data-src=\"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_257194744-76b0.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The movie sees Rihanna voice Smurfette and provide an original song for its soundtrack (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Based on the Belgian comic book series created in 1958, this is the characters\u2019 sixth feature-length film, billed as a musical fantasy comedy and following a Smurf in the village called No Name (Corden) as he has an identity crisis over his hopes to become a magician \u2013 before disaster, in multiple dimensions, ensues as Papa Smurf (Goodman) is kidnapped.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018One of the worst films I\u2019ve ever seen,\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/films\/2025\/07\/16\/smurfs-review-rihanna-and-james-corden-worst-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a>\u2019s Robbie Collin declared in his one-star review, where he also called it \u2018a colossal pile of \u2018Smurf\u2019\u2019 and asked: \u2018Will it keep the kids quiet for an hour and a half? Probably not, though it is loud enough that you won\u2019t be able to hear them complain.\u2019<\/p>\n<section class=\"metro-comment-cta\">\n<div class=\"metro-comment-cta__inner\"><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text-wrap\"><title>Comment now<\/title><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text\">Have you seen Smurfs? What did you think?<\/span><\/span><a class=\"metro-comment-cta__button\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\">Comment Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Johnny Oleksinski for <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/17\/entertainment\/smurfs-review-rihanna-james-corden-star-in-one-of-the-worst-movies-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Post<\/a> was even less impressed, awarding the film zero out of four stars according to Rotten Tomatoes and confidently describing it as \u2018one of the worst movies you\u2019ll see all year\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I have just endured a film in which an army of little creatures cruelly tortures humans. No, not Gremlins. That\u2019s a good movie. It was Smurfs.\u00a0And the punished human was me. I Smurf-ing loathed it,\u2019 he griped.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23702876 lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_249249046-2544.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Smurfs has been met with a barrage of one-star reviews calling it derivative and \u2018oppressively empty\u2019 (Picture: Paramount Animation via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"969\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23702871 lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_257184531-0e1a.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>James Corden co-stars as one of the main Smurfs, No Name (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Discussing the film\u2019s music, which includes an <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/05\/15\/rihanna-set-release-first-new-music-years-this-week-shock-baby-news-23089596\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original song from Rihanna, Friend of Mine<\/a>, he added: \u2018The interminable dirge boasts such inspired lyrics as \u2018Does happy ever after really ever happen?\u2019.\u00a0Answer: Not for anyone unlucky enough to have bought a ticket to Smurfs.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/smurfs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Empire<\/a>\u2019s one-star review John Nugent described Smurfs as \u2018a tedious series, with more than a whiff of corporate mandate about it\u2019 and also questioned if any fans of the Smurfs actually still existed.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/film\/article\/smurfs-review-here-are-five-reasons-why-you-should-not-see-this-movie-7ds3995bn?region=global\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Times<\/a>, another one-starrer, Kevin Maher sounded beyond fed up as he called Smurfs \u2018profoundly, oppressively empty\u2019 and added: \u2018There\u2019s no reason to see it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This Smurfs might just be the worst of the lot, because it\u2019s simultaneously derivative and so crammed with new Smurfs lore that it may make you yearn for the comparatively humble hijinks of Marvel\u2019s multiverse,\u2019 complained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/arts-entertainment\/films\/reviews\/smurfs-review-rihanna-james-corden-b2789455.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Independent<\/a>\u2019s Clarisse Loughrey in what was \u2013 you guessed it -yet another minimum-marks review.<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/jul\/16\/smurfs-review-rihanna-james-corden-animation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>\u2019s Peter Bradshaw might have been a smidgen more generous by awarding the animated flick two stars, he sounded equally unimpressed in his comments about the \u2018laborious slice of content\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"268\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23686115 lazyload\" alt=\"Undated film still handout from Smurfs. Pictured: Ken and fellow Smurfs . See PA Feature SHOWBIZ Film Smurfs. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ Film Smurfs. PA Photo. Picture credit should read:Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. NOTE TO EDITORS: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ Film Smurfs\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_258982607_914019.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Its the sixth feature-length movie for the blue Belgian characters (Picture: Paramount Animation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018For me, this film shows yet again that there is something about the Smurfs, those little Belgian creatures with blue skin and floppy-protuberant hats, which is basically kryptonite to comedy and entertainment,\u2019 he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/film-authority.com\/2025\/07\/19\/smurfs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Film Authority<\/a>\u2019s review had an imaginative way of describing its (1\/5) displeasure with the film, sniping: \u2018Chris Miller\u2019s Smurfs literally smurfs its pants over and over again, it\u2019s lazy, derivative and painfully sentimental.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Produced for a reported budget of $58million (\u00a343.2m) before marketing costs, its opening weekend is set for a distinctly underwhelming $12m (\u00a38.9m), according to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/07\/box-office-superman-i-know-what-you-did-smurfs-1236462233\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing his collaboration with Rihanna for the movie, director Chris Miller told <strong>Metro<\/strong> she was \u2018invaluable\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside her \u2018great\u2019 vocal performance, Miller revealed they were \u2018hyper focused\u2019 with the 37-year-old star on bringing a new look to Smurfette.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23661588 lazyload\" alt=\"Los Angeles Premiere Of Paramount Pictures \u201cSmurfs\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2224987925.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Rihanna with director Chris Miller, who called her involvement \u2018invaluable\u2019 (Picture: Matt Winkelmeyer\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018We spent a long time \u2013 about a year, actually \u2013 even going through different hair styles and even slight subtle costume changes and little things.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We really, really, really pushed it to places that it was like, \u201cWe can\u2019t, this is not going to happen.\u201d We went almost full circle back to those original Peyo designs with some slight modifications, and felt really good about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018With Rihanna, it\u2019s like showing her art and really just getting her to react. 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