The Super Mario Bros. (1993)
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16% of critics liked it
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35% of users liked it
(155,957 ratings)
The huge success of the video games featuring animated Italian plumbers the Mario Brothers led to this $42 million live action movie. The two brothers (Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo) live in Manhattan and are chasing Princess Daisy (Samantha Mathis), who wears a necklace made from a meteor… More The huge success of the video games featuring animated Italian plumbers the Mario Brothers led to this $42 million live action movie. The two brothers (Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo) live in Manhattan and are chasing Princess Daisy (Samantha Mathis), who wears a necklace made from a meteor fragment. Its powers can free a race of reptilian creatures from the city's sewers. The villainous ruler of the creatures, who are descendants of dinosaurs, is King Koopa (Dennis Hopper). Koopa has kidnapped Daisy and taken her to the underworld of Dinohattan, which is rat-infested and strewn with garbage. The Mario Brothers must overcome many obstacles, just as they do in video games, to free the princess. The film spares no expense with its use of animatronic monsters and high-tech special effects. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Directed By
- Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Kids & Family
- In Theaters
- Sep 8, 1990 Wide
- On DVD
- Jun 3, 2003
Critic Reviews
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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.
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Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times
Ultimately, it's one more stop in the arcade, beckoning, waiting to soak up time and money.
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Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Unfortunately, the highlights are sporadic.
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Lawrence Cohn, Variety
Wildly overproduced and derivative.
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Stephen Garrett, Time Out
It will baffle kids, bore adolescents, and depress adults.
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Cast
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Bob Hoskins
as Mario Mario
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John Leguizamo
as Luigi Mario
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Dennis Hopper
as King Koopa
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Samantha Mathis
as Daisy
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Fisher Stevens
as Iggy
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Fiona Shaw
as Lena
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Richard Edson
as Spike
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Dana Kaminski
as Daniella
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Mojo Nixon
as Toad
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Gianni Russo
as Scapelli
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Francesca Roberts
as Bertha
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Lance Henriksen
as The King
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Sylvia Harman
as Old Lady
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Lucy Alpaugh
as Nun
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Dan Castellaneta
as Narrator
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Terry Finn
as Hat Check Girl
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Don Lake
as Sgt. Simon
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Wallace Merck
as Goomba
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Thomas Merdis
as Goomba
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Matt Nikko
as Japanese Businessman #2
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Jeffrey Pillars
as Devo Technician
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Robert D. Raiford
as T.V. Announcer
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Kevin West
as Devo Controller
- Mali Finn
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Frank Welker
as Creatures
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Harry Murphy
as Reporter #1
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Michael Lynch
as Goomba
- Don Finn
