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SummaryTwo Brooklyn plumbers, Mario and Luigi, must travel to another dimension to rescue a princess from the evil dictator King Koopa and stop him from taking over the world.

Super Mario Bros.

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Generally Unfavorable
35
13% Positive
3 Reviews
38% Mixed
9 Reviews
50% Negative
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Philadelphia Daily News
Even moviegoers who don't own Nintendo...will thoroughly enjoy these superheroes. And chances are, this is only the beginning of their film exploits.
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IGN
Super Mario Bros. has a solid cast of characters who are thrust into a psychedelic smattering of scenes hastily glued together in nearly offensively stupid ways, but it’s also strangely ambitious at times.
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4.6
32% Positive
33 Ratings
28% Mixed
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Feb 14, 2026
10
BestMidia4rever
O filme Super Mario Bros. (1993), dirigido por Rocky Morton e Annabel Jankel, é uma obra ousada e criativa que merece muito mais reconhecimento do que recebeu na época. Inspirado no universo da Super Mario Bros., o longa conseguiu fazer algo raríssimo nos anos 90: transformar um videogame em uma experiência cinematográfica única e cheia de personalidade. Logo de cara, o filme impressiona pela sua estética. Ao invés de seguir o caminho óbvio de cores vibrantes e fantasia tradicional, ele aposta em uma versão cyberpunk e urbana do Reino dos Cogumelos — aqui representado como uma dimensão paralela distópica. Essa escolha dá identidade própria ao filme e mostra coragem criativa, algo que poucos blockbusters tinham naquela época. As atuações também são um grande destaque. Bob Hoskins entrega um Mario carismático, humano e determinado, enquanto John Leguizamo traz energia e leveza ao Luigi, criando uma dupla divertida e envolvente. Já Dennis Hopper interpreta um Rei Koopa excêntrico e memorável, adicionando uma camada de ameaça e personalidade ao vilão. O roteiro mistura aventura, ficção científica e humor de forma dinâmica. Há perseguições, efeitos práticos impressionantes para a época, criaturas animatrônicas e um design de produção que mostra cuidado em cada detalhe. Para um filme lançado em 1993, a ambição visual é admirável. Além disso, o longa tem um charme cult que só cresceu com o tempo. Muitos fãs hoje reconhecem que o filme não tentou simplesmente copiar o jogo, mas sim reinterpretá-lo sob uma nova ótica — algo que demonstra respeito à obra original, ao mesmo tempo em que cria algo autoral.
Oct 17, 2024
10
UNGALDO
Soy el único que comprende Esta ambiciosa obra maestra cinematográfica es rara pero me gusta.
50
Charlotte Observer
Kids might get a charge out of the mayhem. I got the vapors.
38
USA Today
All the Drano in the world couldn't fix what's clogging the works in Super Mario Bros. [1 June 1993, p.6D]
30
Austin Chronicle
Loud, frenetic and facile, Super Mario Bros. is full of noisy sound and cartoon fury, signifying… a sequel.
25
TV Guide Magazine
Despite eye-catching sets and smart casting, this first feature-length film to be adapted from a video game is a bloated muddle.
10
Variety
There are plenty of gags, but not one laugh in the whole farrago...There’s nothing original about “Mario,” and the absence of tension or an interesting narrative makes it tedious in the extreme.
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Apr 28, 2023
10
Mothmandoo
This is the BEST Mario adaptation of all time, I can now say that this is my favourite anime.
Apr 2, 2026
6
Por64
I get why people don't like this movie but it's not as bad as people say it is I mean yeah it killed the careers for a lot of people. I don't think Bob hodgkins had another big movie after this. But looking back it actually did a lot it walked so the illumination movies could run. The illumination movies had more to work with than what the 1993 movie did. The newest Mario game was Mario world when this movie was in production. This movie deserves a little bit more love and respect honestly and it's sad that there was never a sequel the ending of this movie is with a cliffhanger for another movie that never came out. I mean that's one thing I hate about movies is when they promise to sequel and it never happens. And that alone cost the movie a few points because when you don't live up to your promise it just looks bad on the movie in the long run.
Apr 6, 2023
6
c_doody_1999
Not the best movie. Its clunky and shares only a passing resemblance to what was at that point a still very much developing series. Its limited technically and some of the quirks it introduces to fill in story are odd at best. But at least it was imaginative it took my child mind on a journey. It filled in the games back story created interesting intriguing lore and brought mario in to our world. I still remember it fondly and always will.
May 13, 2023
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Hamza_chweikh
الفيلم سيئ جداً و لا يمد إلى سلسلة سوبر ماريو بصلة لم استطع حتى إكمال الفلم إلى النهاية
Nov 5, 2023
1
Paulreve23
What the f Nintendo was going for this is the worst movie in the game history Nintendo couldn’t fail The NES game boy Super Nintendo but it killed Mario don’t you ever do this again like the virtual boy and the wiiu
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  • Hollywood Pictures
  • Lightmotive
  • Allied Filmmakers
  • Cinergi Pictures Entertainment
  • Nintendo
  • Touchwood Pacific Partners 1
May 28, 1993
1 h 44 m
PG
Anything is possible, You just gotta believe in it....
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Nominations
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