The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 5, 2023

8.3	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 1592 Ratings

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CentralFlGMRSApr 5, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is this better than the 1983 Movie? No. It's pretty bad. No story at all. Weak Script. It looks good however but I expected that going in. Wait for the rental.… Expand

4 of 42 users found this helpful438

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MothmandooApr 28, 2023

There's no do the Mario in the movies credits, we didnt even get too see the iconic song in a Mario movie

1 of 6 users found this helpful15

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Funkin_boomboxApr 29, 2023

Terrible it ruins the whole fact that mario and luigi didn't have parents they were raised by yoshi

3 of 10 users found this helpful37

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MohsenproMay 13, 2023

Maybe the worst video game adaption movie of all time!
Complete waste of potential, from the most beloved video game characters.
Boring, fast, with no genuine idea, no creativity, no emotion, no laughing, and no nothing. It's like a badMaybe the worst video game adaption movie of all time!
Complete waste of potential, from the most beloved video game characters.
Boring, fast, with no genuine idea, no creativity, no emotion, no laughing, and no nothing. It's like a bad advertising video of a super Mario game.… Expand

2 of 7 users found this helpful25

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heloheApr 7, 2023

This is not a good movie in any way. Don't waste your time. Maybe your kids like it if they are huge Mario fans. But you will be bored all the way through. I bet 50$ that the Barbie movie is going to be like 10x better than this just judgingThis is not a good movie in any way. Don't waste your time. Maybe your kids like it if they are huge Mario fans. But you will be bored all the way through. I bet 50$ that the Barbie movie is going to be like 10x better than this just judging from the choice of directors and screenwriters and their previous accomplishments. A huge waste of money and resources. I guess the Mario fan base does not care and they will watch this movie no matter how hard it sucks. But you have been warned.… Expand

3 of 30 users found this helpful327

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imthenoobAug 3, 2023

One of the most unoriginal, shallow movies you'll see. If this were called anything else, No one would have seen this. It just so happens to be a Mario film and that is the sole reason it is getting any kind of praise.

1 of 4 users found this helpful13

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BulbotraxMay 18, 2023

The movie is eye candy but i dont know the name of the moron who choose to put old cheesy songs in the movie... worst idea ever... it doesn't fit with the mario universe...ans it totally ruins the movie for me... And more specifically: PLEASEThe movie is eye candy but i dont know the name of the moron who choose to put old cheesy songs in the movie... worst idea ever... it doesn't fit with the mario universe...ans it totally ruins the movie for me... And more specifically: PLEASE STOP USING "HOLDIN OUT FOR HERO"... There is billions of another cool songs, be more curious.… Expand

2 of 10 users found this helpful28

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Gods_Son23Apr 17, 2023

How come it's okay to remove the Italian from Mario? If Mario was black and they changed his ethnicity and accent like they have the world would've cancelled this movie once the trailer hit.

2 of 15 users found this helpful213

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peacengeezApr 13, 2023

seeing these characters i grew up with, regardless of their lack of any deepness, forced to fit into the most generic children's hollywood archetypes hurts my feelings and eyes in a very low way

5 of 21 users found this helpful516

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manujm23Apr 6, 2023

Por favor, no gasteis vuestro dinero en ir a ver esta basura, me ha decepcionado muchisimo, fan service puro y una historia tan plana como sus personajes

2 of 24 users found this helpful222

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RedflodaJun 1, 2023

Horrible, horrible, horrible! What a disgrace for my childhood memories. Jack Black created one of the most ridiculous songs ever . What a shame .

2 of 9 users found this helpful27

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FatmanduApr 7, 2023

This movie is bad, the Sonic movies are much better. Peach is nothing like in the videogames.

4 of 31 users found this helpful427

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Aziz1107Apr 5, 2023

Sonic Movie 2 is much better than this movie. The story is bad, Chris Pratt as Mario is awful. Animation is pretty good though.

6 of 41 users found this helpful635

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UpsideDownOneApr 5, 2023

Huge let down, so much hype behind this for it to be pretty much nothing but a preschool movie.

8 of 48 users found this helpful840

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Dani_freitasApr 5, 2023

Seeing a lot of 10s, but I believe they must be just very frantic fans that regardless of the content received will praise without discernment. A very childish film, which actually underestimates the intelligence of children. It's notSeeing a lot of 10s, but I believe they must be just very frantic fans that regardless of the content received will praise without discernment. A very childish film, which actually underestimates the intelligence of children. It's not because it's an animation or because it's a movie aimed at children that it needs to be silly. Disney movies today manage to target children and still address relevant issues and often bring adult audiences to tears. remember fans, being a fan is not turning a blind eye to anything they send you.… Expand

4 of 38 users found this helpful434

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LarryKoopa64DSHApr 5, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Call me petty all you want, but I despise this movie for what they did to Bowser's character.

According to Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser, it is established that Bowser considers "Destroy Mario" to be too hardcore to order his minions to do. We notice this after Bowletta (disguised as Bowser) tells Captain Goomba to do what he was born to do and "Destroy Mario" which confuses him as it sounds like a bit much. Bowletta tells him to begone and he goes. The Captains are talking about it and say that they already knew. Captain Goomba points out that the way he was talking was definitely strange, not like Bowser at all, because he said to "Destroy Mario" which is too hardcore.

According to Paper Mario: The Origami King, when King Olly says he's gonna use the 1000 crane technique to grant himself the wish of turning all Toads into mere blank pieces of paper (King Olly was basically gonna commit Toad genocide) and Bowser replies to King Olly with "What? That's crazy talk! The Toads can't come back from that, you know? I wouldn't even do that! And I've done some mean stuff, believe me, ask Kamek!" basically setting it more in stone after what was confirmed in Minion Quest, that Bowser, does not, kill!

And what does the movie do? Decides to pee on AlphaDream's grave after they went bankrupt in 2019 of course! (AlphaDream, the creators of Mario & Luigi) although all the games portray the characters the same, AlphaDream set out to reveal the message that the world of Mario really isn't all black and white. There is lots of good to the minions, and Bowser Junior's Journey even said "Good and evil are outdated, simplistic terms, everything is relative!" (Though the Japanese version had Bowser Junior answer if they were evil with "Bowser's army is Bowser's army, the army of me and my dad!" which gives off the same message of "we're not evil, we're just us" but the English version made it more clear) so AlphaDream set out to prove Bowser and his minions are not evil with the side modes in the Mario and Luigi remakes, then went bankrupt in 2019. Fast forward to the Movie, and the MOVIE set out to UNDO WHAT ALPHADREAM REVEALED!

AlphaDream revealed that Bowser treats his minions well (even if some such as Larry Koopa take him literally and do what he says out of fear of being scolded) and although Bowser sometimes lets his anger get the better of him, it's typically when someone else provokes him like Peach deliberately outcasting him during the Blorb pandemic in Bowser's Inside Story, Bowser in the intro of Bowser Junior's Journey almost blew fire on Kamek as a result of Peach outcasting him, or when Iggy made fun of Bowser and talked bad about Bowser Junior by responding to Bowser saying Junior is a good kid by saying "Bahaha! You're joking, right? And people say I'm the crazy one!" or when Starlow boldly told Bowser he has absolutely NO right to visit the blorb meeting without even stopping to ask why and realizing his Goombas were going through the same problem. Despite this, we hear it from Kamek in Bowser Junior's Journey, this is why the minions choose to listen to and take orders from Bowser, as oppose to the Koopalings leaving Junior. (Larry is the only one who would really rather not do as Bowser orders, as he'd rather rest or hang with friends than defeat Mario, but does what Bowser says specifically to avoid being scolded, and the fact of the matter is that it's because Larry is a gullible kid who takes Bowser literally, and Bowser talks tough and acts tough so he can be the "biggest baddest brute around" in the games, but despite this, it seems Larry still sees how Bowser treats him well regardless of not wanting to do as ordered, but taking Bowser literally) Bowser is a good king to his minions to the point Minion Spirit is a thing. Although Bowser isn't always around for Junior, Bowser is an overall good father to Bowser Junior and it's shown through how much Junior wants to be just like him!

But in the Movie, Bowser was HORRIBLY misportrayed, even within the first few seconds of his screentime, first thing he says "Open the gates, or die" adding "or die" was completely unnecessary and out of character for him! Then there was him going on to threaten to kill Luigi or try to kill Mario, or have his minions kill Mario which MINION QUEST ESTABLISHED IS OoC, and then the movie flanderized Bowser's love for Peach (making it way too excessive) as well as flanderized how much of a manchild Bowser is, and mixed it with the writers over vilifying him by having him threaten to kill if he doesn't get his way, and then when he GETS HIS WAY, HE ATTEMPTS TO KILL ANYWAY! And the worst part? He was attempting to kill a whole bunch of people in cages! Because he was "sacrificing them for Peach" when that is bad thing to put in his character, because ORIGAMI KING ESTABLISHED THIS IS OoC! Fueling the toxic Mario fandom is unforgivable and so is misportraying characters I know so well and care so much about!… Expand

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User47ReviewsApr 7, 2023

Riddled with fan service, which is good for dedicated fans of the franchise. But besides that, it is yet another soulless entry into Illumination's dull and drab catalog, filled with stock-image esqe scenes, borderline annoying voice acting,Riddled with fan service, which is good for dedicated fans of the franchise. But besides that, it is yet another soulless entry into Illumination's dull and drab catalog, filled with stock-image esqe scenes, borderline annoying voice acting, and constant reliance on pop songs or small covers of songs from the games (again, fan service and Illumination's tendency to try and be like DreamWorks with the already existing songs...it never works.) Lazily constructed and not worthy of your money. Stay away from it.… Expand

3 of 24 users found this helpful321

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