The Smurfs 2

Considering how terrible the first film was, the sequel merely had to be adequate to tower over it. And that it does. Its funnier, better plotted, has some half-decent new characters and best of all, less of the cheesy, badly scripted Life Lesson interludes (though some are still present and as toe-curling as ever). Remember though, this is comparatively speaking... put it up against competition like Wall-E and it'll disintegrate in seconds. I'm more concerned about the prices though... £12.40 to see this in 3D with glasses included at the Odeon. It would have been even more if I'd admitted to sitting in the luxury section. Oops, my mistake. No wonder there was only 10 other people in with me. Though, one of the kids seemed content on spending most of the duration in the toilet, accompanied by their guardian of course. I dunno about you, but if my offspring dragged me to see an expensive flick and spent the majority of it in the bogs, I'd make sure there no more Moshi Monsters related products for a while. HA sweetie... how you like THEM apples?! Oops sorry, mind wandering. I'm finding it hard to come up with anything else to add to such an unremarkable product. So, lets just leave it at that, shall we? 5/10