The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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, 59% Rotten Tomatometer Score
  • While it's nowhere near as thrilling as turtle tipping your way to 128 lives, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a colorful -- albeit thinly plotted -- animated adventure that has about as many Nintendos as Nintendon'ts.
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    Christina NewlandiNews.co.uk
    Without overplaying its hand, it hits all the major notes within the wild, inventive universe of block-breaking and Goomba-stomping.
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    Peter TraversABC News
    This lively computer-animated take on the video game just opened and it’s already the biggest box-office smash of 2023. Despite lapses into dull and disposable, it’s also a godsend for parents seeking family entertainment for the 5-year-old in all of us.
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    John WilmesChicago Reader
    Among the many errors of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, screenwriter Matthew Fogel plops him and his brother Luigi into a milquetoast Brooklyn family that doubts them and disrespects their small-business dreams.
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    Dylan RothObserver
    It is the laziest possible version of a Mario movie, and for most viewers, young and old, that’ll be totally acceptable.
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    Wenlei MaNews.com.au
    The whole package is a deranged mishmash of overstimulating elements.
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    Wendy IdeObserver (UK)
    A frantic Easter egg hunt of a film that does the bare minimum to please its loyal existing fanbase.
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    Tom SpoorsLoud and Clear Reviews
    The Super Mario Bros. Movie features countless easter eggs set to a gorgeous score, but it unfortunately falls short whenever it needs to be an actual movie.


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    James Preston PooleDiscussing Film
    The iconic plumber’s big screen re-do is a proud celebration of the character’s appeal.
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    Calum CooperCinerama Film
    All movies exist to sell, but this exists to sell everything but the movie. It’s not a love letter – it’s soulless capitalism. The Super Mario Bros Movie is an imagination-free wasteland where cinematic storytelling goes to die.
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    Ankit OjhaCinema Elite
    A specific sequence set across the streets of Brooklyn is a gorgeous nod to the 2D platformer aesthetic. It might be my favorite adaptation of the gamified visual look to the big screen since “Tron: Legacy.”
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