The Super Mario Bros. Movie Review: Not So Much A Film As It Is A Checklist Of Video Game References

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Review: Not So Much A Film As It Is A Checklist Of Video Game References
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Publication date: April 5, 2023
Director: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenik
Screenplay by Matteo Vogel
Starring: Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen and Fred Armisen.
Rating: PG for moderate action and violence.
Duration: 92 minutes

I'm definitely not a movie buff on this list, but I don't like Super Mario Bros. I am a professional film critic in charge of film review. from subjective opinion. So I can say I was shocked at how weak this effort was – a new cinematic embarrassment for a generation not old enough to remember/know Nintendo's live-action Super Mario Bros. movie. of 1993. Nice to see. when animators bring the wonderful aesthetic of the source material straight to the big screen, but fail to come up with a single inventive or clever idea. Instead, it functions more like a list of gameplay tips than a story feature.

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