Good afternoon everybody !

I ‘d like to speak to you about The Smurfs. I’m sure you think that you don’t know anything about this strange name. But when you were a child, you used to watch this cartoon on TV. Indeed, The Smurfs is the English name for “les Schtroumpfs”.

Since the 3^rd august of this year, the Smurfs animated movie is available on French cinema. The story can be summed up as this: The Smurfs had been drive out of their village by the bad Gargamel. They had been jumped trough a magical portal in Central Park then they play their regular round of cat-and-mouse in New York.

This movie has taken a lot of criticism from the worldwide. Why? First, the movie can be viewed by people of all ages, it’s more accommodative to kids than adults. Moreover, the screenplay is very basic and without big surprise.

Nevertheless, some people go on cinema to watch The Smurfs because, for example, in Australia, they are 5^th of the box office with $721,608 of benefits. In France, it’s not the same with only 41 594 viewers in 10 weeks. So, they are just 18^th of the actual French box office.

As a matter of interest, an American survey has said that “Smurfs” will be 2011’s most popular costume than “Captain America” for Halloween.

Ingrid Busnoult