The Super Mario Bros. Movie

This lively computer-animated take on the video game just opened and it’s already the biggest box-office smash of 2023. Despite lapses into dull and disposable, it’s also a godsend for parents seeking family entertainment for the 5-year-old in all of us.

Among the many errors of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, screenwriter Matthew Fogel plops him and his brother Luigi into a milquetoast Brooklyn family that doubts them and disrespects their small-business dreams.

It is the laziest possible version of a Mario movie, and for most viewers, young and old, that’ll be totally acceptable.

The sneaky surprise here is Jack Black playing Bowser... he's hilarious.

The whole package is a deranged mishmash of overstimulating elements.

A frantic Easter egg hunt of a film that does the bare minimum to please its loyal existing fanbase.

Is The Super Mario Bros. Movie a great film? No. Is it worth going to see? Yes. Younger gamers will embrace it but older gamers maybe looking for a little more of a plot.

Scientifically designed in a lab for the broadest possible appeal and the least offense that could possibly be made.

I would have liked a story, but loosely connected action set-pieces within Nintendo's sprawling Mario-adjacent universe is still fun. This is an advertisement for new generations to board the bandwagon.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a homage to the most relevant Nintendo saga... [Full review in Spanish]