hfreinoso Review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

This film is for the Nintendo and Mario fans, NOT critics or general audience.

[10/10 · 16 April 2023]

The Super Mario movie was, in fact, the most enjoyable moment I ever had in a theater experiment. I was smiling throughout the entire movie because they showed references that I know throughout my entire life when playing Super Mario. I played the Super Mario video games when I was a kid as there was an arcade game with that system. As a fan of the Mario games, I can guarantee this film is for the fans of Nintendo and Super Mario. I enjoyed every single minute of this film and I know, for a fact, this film dealt with better fan service than No Way Home. As it didn't have such awkward pauses, for us the audience to react. The soundtrack, is *French kiss* beautiful. And because of that it was a huge plus for me in the movie. Visually it looks stunning, as Illumination did an exceptional job with this film. I was worried that they would screw this movie up from the get go, but I was wrong. This was the best movie they ever produced. And I knew, with Nintendo along in the helm, they would do a better job than others would easily. The voice acting, in my honest opinion, wasn't bad at all. Yes, even Chris Pratt did a good job doing the voice of Mario. Charlie Day as Luigi was good, Ana-Taylor Joy was great as Peach, Keegan Michael Key as Toad was astounding, and especially Jack Black, who was the best part of this movie as Bowser. (Especially when sung Peaches, that song is still stuck in my head.) However, for me, the only miscast was Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, he was an absolute miscast, and despite that, I dealt with the voice, and got over it. This film, it's not perfect, the story was mid at best and the pacing was way too fast we could spend a few minutes on stuff like Mario's family and the time being in another world. And I wanted the brother duo of Mario and Luigi, and I wish we could get more of that duo, but like I said it was short and I wanted the family side of them more often. But overall, the film was astounding, I had the biggest smile on my face throughout the entire film. As a movie, it was fine, but this movie was made for Nintendo and Mario fans and it does get a 10/10. I recommend you watch this film if you're a huge fan.