Justin Timberlake had “Trolls.” Rihanna has “Smurfs.” Both films get as much mileage as it can from its singer-voice actor. Rihanna voices Smurfette and supplies a new song, giving a ...

The strong voice cast, including James Corden, Kurt Russell and John Goodman, also helps with the transformation.

Liz Shannon Miller of Consequence recorded her own unhinged observations on what she called a “clustersmurf” of a movie, and ...

Before becoming Smurfette, Rihanna voiced a teenage girl in an animated film you might have missed. Here's why it's worth a rewatch!

The sequences in Rihanna’s film are visually entreating, vibrantly colourful and the comely anime has its merits, though ...

The beloved little blue characters are back on the big screen in Smurfs (2025), an animated musical fantasy film directed by ...

Even Rihanna’s song, “Friend of Mine,” offers a moment of emotional pause, but it’s drowned out by the sheer chaos of the ...

Visually bold but emotionally hollow, 'Smurfs' tries to reinvent a classic with too much chaos and too little heart. Despite ...

Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, JP Karliak, and Dan Levy. Director: Chris Miller Smurfs Movie Review Out ( Photo Credit ...

The blue, humanoid creatures are making their comeback on the big screen in 2025 with a brand-new CGI feature film titled ...

The other key defining characteristic of the Smurfs is their language. They use the word Smurf as a verb, so in the 2025 ...

The Smurfette principle is most directly tackled in Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017). Smurfette searches for her purpose, ...