REVIEW #281 The Super Mario Bros Movie (2023)

When Mario and Luigi find themselves separated in a mysterious new world, Mario must help Peach to take on the all powerful Bowser so he can rescue his brother and Toad Kingdom.

The Super Mario Bros movie is brilliantly creative, bringing to life the games I adored as a child. I was amazed by how true they stayed to the source material whilst also making the story feel incredibly unique. Animation really is improving with each movie in this day and age, Mario Bros is no different! It looked fantastic and the visuals were outstanding, with all of the different kingdoms getting their time to shine. But I was also surprised by the work they done with the Mario theme tune and working that into the musical score, it created this really joyful atmosphere and that injected so much nostalgia into each and every scene. The voice work, although criticised heavily in the build up to its release, was actually really good. They provide context behind the accents and although they probably had one too many “Mama Mia”’ in there, I enjoyed it. Jack Black as Bowser was genius, he absolutely killed it and it’s no surprise that Peaches, Peaches Peaches has gone viral, what a track! Now if you really wanted to do a deep dive into the story and pick it apart, sure you could find faults with it, but it’s just meant to be a fun mario adventure and that’s what they achieved. So this is getting my ‘underrated’ stamp of approval because I loved it!

Overall (8.5/10)

Thanks for reading.

Callan