Review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) by Eli Friedberg for The Film Stage — 05 Apr 2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie isn’t an actively unpleasant way to spend an afternoon, but the glib literalism with which it applies cinematic narrative to video games’ abstractions can’t hold a candle to the wrenching pathos and self-discovery of a night on the track with real-life loved ones and Mario in his original medium.
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This review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) was written by Eli Friedberg and published by The Film Stage on 05 April 2023.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie has generally received positive reviews.
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