Memorable, crazy movie

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Blistering performances.

I liked this movie and yoshi!!! I love the games and roxette had a song for the movie. It's like this movie never happened though.

Obviously, this movie was played like it was supposed to be cringy. A funny cringy one though. And it was. But this still was just cringy. I had absolutely no idea of what was going on. And the wacky worldbuilding they made was just, what? At least the lead actor didn't take it seriously. But there's no real reason to even like it either.

I've seen a lot of bad movies and this is right up there with the worst of them. Considering that it had a big budget and well known actors, there's no excuse for it to be this bad. First of all, it doesn't really have anything to do with the video game except that they are trying to rescue the princess. Even though they don't even know that she is a princess. Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo as the Mario Bros. was a ridiculous idea. They are literally the least Italian people in the entire movie. At one point Leguizamo even starts using the French pronunciation of Mario. There's no gold coins. Our princess isn't in another castle. There aren't even any castles. Even if you don't care that it has nothing to do with the video game, it's just a terrible movie. Bad plot, bad acting, bad everything. This movie should never be seen by anyone.

I'm pretty sure the studio was trippin' when they greenlit "Super Mario Bros." Maybe the filmmakers just wanted us to see what Mario did whenever he ate a mushroom. I'm grasping at straws here, but how else can one explain such a disconnect from the video game? The game wasn't really that complicated; you're a plumber, you jump a lot and you run in one direction to save the princess. To be fair, there's nothing about the game that screams "Hollywood movie!", but this certainly isn't how you go about it.Bear in mind, I don't think the movie deserves its bad reputation; but don't go into this without recreational drugs. There's some wild stuff going on here, but if you walk in sober, it's not a whole lot of fun. More attention was paid to he convoluted lore and "Blade Runner" sets (in a Mario movie!) than telling an engaging story. Let me put it this way: Bob Hoskins is one of my favorite actors - I mean, the guy can do no wrong - but his talents are wasted on this.5/10