I really enjoyed Smurfs 2. The Parent/Child relationship conflicts were believable and mirror many lives. The resolution to these conflicts are a wonderful way for kids to learn. The movie was not only hillarious, but meaningful.
If you are looking for loud exposions and lots of fighting, this a a great movie for you. I felt it was too violent for my 9 year old, but he was sitting next to me and he seemes to be uneffected. I was kind of hopeing for a deep, feeling story perhaps like the Christopher Reeve's Superman. This is not like that. There are glimmers of feelings, but then you get several minutes of explosions to kill the mood.
I really enjoyed the "real life like" struggle between a father and his teenage daughter, who is looking for independence. The struggles are intensified by the inclusion of them dealing with "continental drift ect.". That provided a great opportunity to open up discussions about history and how the earth was formed, no matter what you believe. I really enjoyed the movie and so did my 9 year old son.
My husband, our 8 year old and myself loved this movie. It has such a special message of how everyone deserves to be a friend. I think this movie has a particularly powerful message because video games have become so violent and it shows the characters as if they are playing a role and at the end of the day they all end up together. It also shows that people can be prejudices withe popularity issues, but resolves them very nicely. I really enjoyed this movie. The scenes in Sugar Rush were so beautiful. I highly recommend this movie.