Super Mario Bros.

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Super Mario Bros.

PG

1993

1h 44m

Fantasy

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Brooklyn plumbers Mario (Bob Hoskins) and Luigi (John Leguizamo) rescue Princess Daisy from King Koopa (Dennis Hopper) and the Goombas in a dinosaur world.

Critics Consensus

Despite flashy sets and special effects, Super Mario Bros. is too light on story and substance to be anything more than a novelty.

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Adrián Álvarez

Espinof

I prefer a film that takes risks over inane projects. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 14, 2019

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Mark Caro

Chicago Tribune

Like their video-game counterparts, co-stars Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo somehow manage to weave their way past threatening obstacles and escape with their dignity.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 17, 2019

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Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

Scenery rushes by, noise blares, characters pop up wearing new costumes that they couldn't possibly have had time to change into as they eluded their adversaries.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 30, 2013

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...Super Mario Brothers is an origin story, but adds so much detail that any joy of seeing Mario fly is negated by heavy plotting and far too much time spent watching Hopper/Koopa chew the scenery...

Rated: 3/5

Jun 21, 2021

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Zaki Hasan

IGN Movies

Although the theatrical release is perhaps too narratively disjointed and tonally dissonant to qualify as 'good,' it so proudly brandishes its bonkers, go-for-broke aesthetic, one hesitates to label it entirely 'bad' either.

Jun 15, 2021

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Charles Pulliam-Moore

io9.com

Hoskins and Leguizamo... are able to sell themselves as the plumbers in large part because of the obvious fact that they both understood the movie was only taking itself but so seriously.

Sep 29, 2020

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Johan C.

Best video game movie ever.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/21/25

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BlueTop World b

It’s funny bad but still bad

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/18/25

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Jolyn H.

LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie!!! Someone needs to make it available to stream ASAP! I’ve been looking for it for years!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/04/25

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T85 J

There is one situation to use this movie: As a torture device. It's not like true Mario in any point and even if they wouldn't have advertised it as a Mario adaptation the story feels weird and really exhausting to sit through! Besides that I have some questions that make me partially believe, this wasn't thought as a Mario movie when prodution started, like "Why does Daisy hatch from an Egg in a Church?", "Why is Bowser a Human?", "Why is Mario flirting wirh the Koopas?!", "Why does Yoshi look like I want to call PETA so they put him down?!". The only positive aspect of the movie is to get to know Mario's and Luigi's official name.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/03/25

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Christopher D.

This movie sucked even my little sister cried And I threw up when Bowser popped up

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/23/25

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Jake K

Don't watch this pls it's garbage it's bad

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/17/25

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Brooklyn plumbers Mario (Bob Hoskins) and Luigi (John Leguizamo) rescue Princess Daisy from King Koopa (Dennis Hopper) and the Goombas in a dinosaur world.

Director: Rocky Morton
Producer: Jake Eberts, Roland Joffé
Production Co: Allied Filmmakers, Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Jun 3, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.8M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Surround