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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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Bucky R

What a mess. So far away from anything resembling the Mario worlds you probably came to this movie to see.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/27/25

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Eden M

The film was average for several reasons: 1) The story is flat, it has literally no connection to the original work. 2) The characters are absolutely awful, especially the Goombas and Yoshi (who is a Velociraptor, as a reminder), along with the Bob-Omb setting, which, let's be honest, is the only positive point here. 3) Some of the special effects are hilarious, some are so well done, some are PowerPoint-based. 4) Some of the characters in the film didn't even deserve to appear, and the idea of making Bowser human is a terrible idea. And 5) The second positive point is the soundtracks. Okay, we didn't get any Mario music except at the beginning of the film, but otherwise, it's still a bit of a reminder. Otherwise, I really liked the soundtracks from start to finish. Just watching "Super Mario Bros. The Movie" from my favorite studio "Illumination" is way more fun!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/15/25

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billy the roblox and nintendo fan 2011 r

the movie is bad like so bad because mario was green and luigi was red like wtf

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/30/25

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Max M

Personally I think this is better than the 2023 one and is an underrated classic

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/24/25

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Daniel F

Just a fun movie. Not complicated. Just entertaining. Don't understand some of these negative reviews. Great cast. Fun story.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/23/25

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Rich S

1993, back row of the cinema ... friends aside me ... the actors tried, they really tried but there was little to be saved. Perhaps watchable for how bad it is?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/17/25

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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