Craptacular movie which was barely anything like the videogame! Made on a cheapo budget, they made too many compromises from the source material. The movie's setting was a dank sewer and a dirty steel mill, unlike the bright and colorful block kingdom the game existed in. Bob Ho...( read more)
Bob Hoskins,
John Leguizamo,
Dennis Hopper,
Samantha Mathis,
Fisher Stevens
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his is the story of two hard working Italian plumber brothers named Mario Mario and Luigi Mario, who befriends a young paleontologist named Daisy. She uncovers a massive find of mysterious new dinosau...( read more
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Directed by: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton, Roland Joffé, Dean Semler
Release Date: September 8, 1990
DVD Release Date: June 3, 2003
Stats: 7,558 reviews
Flixster Reviews (7,558)
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November 28, 2009
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June 29, 2009
At the time this was quite the blockbuster haha despite it flopping it still seemed to be popular and it did show some nice effects and puppetry. The whole plot is crazy and really messed up, its basic but just messed up. Things happen that dont make any sense and there are too m...( read more)
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March 20, 2009
"The Goombas are dancing again.
- Deal with it!"
A live-action big budget movie (48 million USD) about the most successful videogame of all time. Back in '93, the filmmakers thought that nothing could go wrong! Guess again...
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March 19, 2009
So bad, you have to laugh. Hey, at least I was entertained by its badness.
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August 23, 2008
Pretty stupid...but I do like John Leguizamo. Not one I'd watch again though :P
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February 23, 2010
i suppose this is an alrigt somewhat entertaining movie i just feel it didnt truly capture the super mario vibes. there were lots of things i felt they should have incorporated and lots of things i dont think they should have added. all in all i'd say its ok and i would definatly...( read more)
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July 17, 2008To be honest , this movie was pretty good . I dont really see why people would dislike it so much :/
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June 22, 2008I ever so hard waited to see this which they never passed it in my local movie channel -.- yoshi couldn't be even better! mario b. U rock! =>
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February 6, 2008this film was ok but it all depends on your type of humor if u like gd old fun u'll love if u like a direct adaptation u'll think it'd crap
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October 8, 2007i grew up with the games and this was just brilliant
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August 1, 2007i luv yoshi awwwww sooo cute in the cartoon,video games and even in da movie awwwwwwwww
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June 25, 2007Hurrah! My skin finally showed up on this page. :D
If you like this underdog of a movie, feel free to promote it by using the skin on your profile. :-) -
June 22, 2007I finally got around to finishing my quiz for the movie. Feel free to take it. The link is in the "Movie Quizzes" box, or you can go directly to it here:
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June 17, 2007I just uploaded some more photos for the movie.
For those of you who don't like the movie, check out these links:
* http://www.destructoid.com/why-the-super-mario-movie-is-an-underappreciated-masterpiece-29694.phtml
* http://www.jasoco.net/game-collection/smbmovie/
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