Key is unrecognizable as Toad, bringing a fantastic vibrance to his character. Black is phenomenal as Bowser, offering a villainous voice to his role as King of the Koopas. He brings a perfectly appropriate Brooklyn accent to the character and sounds great every time he does one of Mario’s catchphrases, which is crucial to nail.ĭay and Joy are excellent as Luigi and Peach, but the rest of the cast outshines them. An early scene establishes that Pratt is fully capable of doing a game-accurate Mario voice while also demonstrating how annoying the film would be if he spoke that way the entire time. While that is the film’s greatest strength, it is also its greatest weakness.īut what about the voice cast? Chris Pratt got some internet ridicule over his Mario voice from the trailers that sounded a lot like, well, Chris Pratt. This movie sometimes feels more like a series of references to the games, strung together by a thin story designed for nostalgia. Lovers of the games will be happy to see scenes that are taken directly from the source material.
video games, and the film is filled to the brim with easter eggs. Adults will love this movie because they grew up playing the Super Mario Bros. This adventure has a ton of entertainment value, offering something for audiences young and old.Ĭhildren will love this movie for its humor, bright colors, and sense of adventure. After they try unsuccessfully to fix a leak, they find themselves sent to another world where Bowser imprisons Luigi, and Mario must team up with Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Toad (Keegan-Michael Key) to save him. We are then introduced to Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day), two Italian-American plumbers in Brooklyn. The humor works well while establishing Bowser as a force to be reckoned with. The film opens with the evil Bowser (Jack Black) taking control of the Dark Lands. Illumination, the animation studio behind Despicable Me and Sing, gives us a new adventure that turns out to be a lot of fun, capturing (most of) the heart of the video games we grew up playing. Unfortunately, the failure of the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film prevented Nintendo from making any more movies with their IP until now. Movie and Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Hollywood has been on a hot streak of redeeming itself from its previous terrible attempts at cinematic game adaptations.
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