The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) Movie Review

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The Super Mario Bros – Movie Review

Director: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic

Writer: Matthew Fogel (Screenplay)

Cast (Voice Talents)

Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy)
Anya Taylor-Joy (The Menu)
Charlie Day (Pacific Rim)
Jack Black (Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle)

Plot: The story of The Super Mario Bros. on their journey through the Mushroom Kingdom.

Runtime: 1 Hour 32 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: The Super Mario Bros starts when down-on-their-luck plumbers Mario and Luigi look to save Brooklyn from a water leak. However, they end up getting sucked into a pipe, and Mario ends up in the Mushroom Kingdom. Meanwhile, Luigi ends up in Bowser’s Dark Lands.

As Bowser looks to take over all the remaining kingdoms. Mario must team up with Princess Peach in a battle to take down Bowser and save his brother.

Verdict on The Super Mario Bros

The Super Mario Bros is an animated comedy following the adventures of Mario and Luigi. It sees them learn about their new world as they become the unlikely heroes of land being controlled by an evil ruler.

This is a family-friendly vision behind the iconic video game characters. It gets to pay a lot of respect to the games with certain sequences that fill the movie with nostalgia. However, when it comes to the story, it does feel quite thin and predictable. One of the highlights is Luigi in the dark world, which seems to skip one of the most interesting ideas. The comedy comes hit or misses along the way too.

This ends up being an enjoyable movie with plenty of nods to the origins. However, it plays everything slightly too safe and doesn’t get as outlandish as it could have easily become.

Final Thoughts – The Super Mario Bros is an entertaining vision of the video games.