History YMMV / SmurfsTheLostVillage

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** In the past, Smurfette has often been criticized for not having any kind of personality trait like her fellow Smurfs other than being a girl. The film's main goal is about Smurfette figuring out what her purpose in life is.
** She was also criticized for mainly being eye candy for the other Smurfs. In this movie Hefty is the only Smurf who has romantic feelings for her.
** [[spoiler: [[TheSmurfettePrinciple The village Smurfettes with different personalities being introduced after the lack of other female Smurfs (with the exception of Sassette and Nanny in the TV series) in past Smurfs media.]]]]

* BrokenBase: The movie as a whole. Official sources conflict on whether the film was any good or not, and it didn't help that it came right before the critically-panned ''[[WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie Emoji Movie]]''. Depending on who you ask, either it's an underrated film that is very faithful to both the original ''Smurfs'' comics and the TV series or a complete trainwreck. However, it's pretty popular among the Smurf fandom, though mixed among critics and non-Smurf fans. It's probably the most polarizing animated film since ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron''.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The film is definitely superior to the live-action ''Smurfs'' films, but doesn't hold a candle to most other modern animated films. However, [[WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie the film SPA released after this one]] helped improve this film's reputation ''significantly''.

* FanPreferredCouple: Papa Smurf and Smurfwillow, and to some people Hefty and Smurfette.

* OlderThanTheyThink: At least one trailer and TV spot have declared this the first fully-animated ''Smurfs'' film, ignoring ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfsAndTheMagicFlute'' and the more obscure ''Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs''.

** In the past, Smurfette has often been criticized for not having any kind of personality trait like her fellow smurfs other than being a girl. The film's main goal is about Smurfette figuring out what her purpose in life is.
** She was also criticized for mainly being eye candy for the other smurfs. In this movie Hefty is the only Smurf who has romantic feelings for her.

** Some people are irked by the implications of [[spoiler:all the female Smurfs being far more competent than the male ones, though it's justified as the result of living in a more dangerous forest.]]

* UncannyValley: While the CGI has [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome many advantages]], the character designs are way ''too'' cartoony and thus jarring for CGI film standards.

* BrokenBase: The movie as a whole. Official sources conflict on whether the film was any good or not, and it didn't help that it came right before the [[SnarkBait memetically-reviled]] and later critically-panned ''[[WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie Emoji Movie]]''. Depending on who you ask, either it's an underrated film that is very faithful to both the original ''Smurfs'' comics and the TV series or a complete trainwreck. However, it's pretty popular among the Smurf fandom, though mixed among critics and non-Smurf fans. It's probably the most polarizing animated film since ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron''.

* ToughActToFollow: Hank Azaria's Gargamel was one of the better-received aspects of the live-action films, so Rainn Wilson had some big shoes to fill.

* BrokenBase: The movie as a whole. Official sources conflict on whether the film was any good or not, and it didn't help that it came right before the [[SnarkBait memetically-reviled]] and later critically-panned ''[[WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie Emoji Movie]]''. Depending on who you ask, either it's an underrated film that is very faithful to both the original ''Smurfs'' comics and the TV series or a complete trainwreck. However, it's pretty popular among the Smurf fandom, though mixed among critics and non-Smurf fans. It's probably the most polarizing animated film since ''Disney/TheBlackCauldron''.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: With shades of AmericansHateTingle considering that it's an American production, but originally a Belgian property. The film sank without trace at the U.S. box office, getting steamrollered by the juggernauts that were ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' and ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'', but fared much better internationally, making back its budget in just two weeks.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The animation is very fluid and colourful. The forbidden forest in particular is amazing.