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Super Mario Bros.

Play trailer 1:39 Poster for Super Mario Bros. PG 1993 1h 44m Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.
Super Mario Bros.

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Johan C. Best video game movie ever. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/21/25 Full Review BlueTop World b It’s funny bad but still bad Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/18/25 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Jake K Don't watch this pls it's garbage it's bad Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/17/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis 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