Super Mario Bros.

1993

Super Mario Bros.

Critics Consensus

Despite flashy sets and special effects, Super Mario Bros. is too light on story and substance to be anything more than a novelty.

23%

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Total Count: 40

29%

Audience Score

User Ratings: 173,177
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Movie Info

The huge success of the video games featuring animated Italian plumbers the Mario Brothers led to this $42 million live action movie. The two brothers (Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo) live in Manhattan and are chasing Princess Daisy (Samantha Mathis), who wears a necklace made from a meteor fragment. Its powers can free a race of reptilian creatures from the city's sewers. The villainous ruler of the creatures, who are descendants of dinosaurs, is King Koopa (Dennis Hopper). Koopa has kidnapped Daisy and taken her to the underworld of Dinohattan, which is rat-infested and strewn with garbage. The Mario Brothers must overcome many obstacles, just as they do in video games, to free the princess. The film spares no expense with its use of animatronic monsters and high-tech special effects. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

Cast

Bob Hoskins
as Mario Mario
John Leguizamo
as Luigi Mario
Dennis Hopper
as King Koopa
Samantha Mathis
as Daisy
Fisher Stevens
as Iggy
Richard Edson
as Spike
Fiona Shaw
as Lena
Dana Kaminski
as Daniella
Mojo Nixon
as Toad
Gianni Russo
as Scapelli
Francesca P. Roberts
as Bertha
Lance Henriksen
as The King
Dan Castellaneta
as Narrator
Sylvia Harman
as Old Lady
Don Finn
Mali Finn
Don Lake
as Sgt. Simon
Terry Finn
as Hat Check Girl
Thomas Merdis
as Goomba
Michael Lynch
as Goomba
Wallace Merck
as Goomba
Lucy Alpaugh
as Nun
Robert D. Raiford
as T.V. Announcer
Harry Murphy
as Reporter #1
Matt Nikko
as Japanese Businessman #2
Kevin West
as Devo Controller
Jeffrey Pillars
as Devo Technician
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Audience Reviews for Super Mario Bros.

  • Jul 16, 2016
    Exceedingly strange and complete against the Super Mario Bros game. When they say this is terrible I really wanted to give it a chance but, it really is as bad as you have heard. The only saving grace is that both Queen and Roxette are part of the soundtrack.
    Ian W Super Reviewer
  • Dec 18, 2015
    The movie was nowhere from it being based on the Super Mario Bros. game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
    EpicLadySponge t Super Reviewer
  • Mar 05, 2012
    Oh god this film... This film was every one of these actor's low points in their carrer's. From the second I was told there was a Super Mario Brothers movie, I knew it was going to be bad, but I wasent expecting it to be this bad. I should start off by saying the film was narrarated by Homer Simpson. I then new this would be the cheesiest thing EVER. Then it wasent til later in the film I was like, 'Wait, is that... no, that cant be Dennis Hopper!' but saddly it's true. Bob Hoskins as Mario, Hopper as King Koopa and MOJO NIXON AS TOAD!!! COME ON! What's sad is you know they wanted to make a sequal to this and thank the beard of Zeus they didnt! They didnt include Peach, Wario, Donkey Kong or even the main bad guy BOWSER! Please avoid this film at all cost, for your own sake... I can never get those 114 minutes of my life back...
    Joshua W Super Reviewer
  • Dec 02, 2011
    Super Mario Bros is a terrible movie, it was one of the worst f#cking things that I have ever had to experience. The plot is so god awful and boring and ruined the video game so much that it mnade me sick to my stomach. The cast was horrible, what the hell were they thinking. This movie nbeeds to be destroyed and never be heard from again, I hate this movie.
    Bradley W Super Reviewer
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