Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.

1993
Comedy
Family/Kids
1h 44m
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Avg Percentile 15.51% from 3891 total ratings

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Rated 29 Mar 2016
68
17th
Fascinating in its awfulness. I can't give it a bottom score because I just couldn't take my eyes off the sheer grotesque spectacle before me. I would never, ever recommend this movie to the casual moviegoer, but to connoisseurs of trash cinema, it's a freaking goldmine. Game over, man. Game over.
Rated 12 Oct 2020
5
0th
So many disparate elements collide, largely through endless rewrites and conflicting visions, to form a product so entirely removed from the source material that it can only be viewed with utter bemusement. Impressive special effects and elaborate production design are wasted upon narrative, dialogue and characters that are startlingly awful. Hoskins’ comments on the film sum it up beautifully.
Rated 14 Jul 2007
10
6th
Everybody even remotely involved with this movie was high.
Rated 27 Jul 2015
65
42nd
That part where Mario goes through the sex clubs looking for Luigi set to 'In to Deep' felt like it was from some other movie, because that would totally happen in this sick twisted kids movie.
Rated 10 Jan 2010
74
83rd
Weird as fuck splice between a fever dream interpretation of Super Mario, Blade Runner & Sliders. Watch it high/drunk with friends because it's mesmerizingly awful in a good way. All the other reviews saying that it's boring don't know what the hell they're talking about.
Rated 12 Feb 2008
5
3rd
"Hey Mario?" "What Luigi?" "Hows about we suck ass and make fun of old school stereotypes?" "Sounds like a plan, Luigi!" "Mama Mia!"
Rated 28 Mar 2010
6
57th
I'm not going to explain why I disagree with the almost unanimous red, but I think there is a bit of backlash here. It's just a fine, albeit cheesy, movie simply for fun. There are a few laughs here and there (intended or not), and really nothing that should be so offensive. The more I watch it the more I enjoy it.
Rated 15 Apr 2009
50
3rd
Really bizarre and rather frightening live action conversion.
Rated 16 Jun 2008
65
14th
This film confused and disappointed me even as a child.
Rated 24 Aug 2022
30
6th
Whoever thought "grimy-urban-industrial" would be the ideal set design for a mario brothers movie? Not that that's my only complaint, but...there are only so many things you can get wrong with this, the videogame is kinda specific. And they got about two things right: mario red, luigi green.
Rated 17 Feb 2007
10
5th
Everyone but the most diehard Mario Bros. fans should keep away from this movie. Diehard Mario Bros. fans should find and burn all copies of it.
Rated 03 Oct 2009
75
82nd
If it's so bad, how can it be this fun to watch, check mate criticker users
Rated 05 Jul 2008
10
2nd
When I was 8 and saw this I knew that it was a dreadful example of cinema. I shudder to think what could happen if I saw it now.
Rated 26 Sep 2010
20
4th
And I thought a movie about an overweight, somewhat stereotypical Italian plumber and his brother's adventures using giant pipes for transportation, battling turtles and other great monsters to rescue a princess would make an excellent starting point for a movie. I Was way off(!) Next time, we'll try something with a giant, super fast, obsessed-with-rings, blue hedgehog rescuing small fluffy animals from an evil professor...That's GOT to be a smash hit!
Rated 03 Jul 2008
61
47th
This movie makes my camp list. I've seen it a few times and it never stops being funny.
Rated 11 May 2009
15
2nd
Such a horrible movie, but so fun to watch just because of the horribleness.
Rated 22 Feb 2007
15
1st
Watch this and you'll understand why it was over 10 years before Annabel Jankel or Rocky Morton had a chance to direct anything again.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
33
9th
As bad as they say. More fun to watch than it should be.
Rated 15 May 2013
14
0th
This movie is proof that in life nothing makes sense and everything is retarded. I would've hated to have seen this in the cinema as a kid and been horrifically disappointed, as this does such a disservice to the game by being absolutely nothing like it. Adaptation or not, this is just a plain, all-round horrid film -- perhaps because this film is so bad that some scenes seem quite fantastic in contrast, like the riveting scene where King Koopa orders a pizza.
Rated 10 Apr 2019
44
2nd
It's really bad but it's no Thor 2
Rated 17 Aug 2010
98
98th
dennis hopper owns
Rated 07 Aug 2017
80
51st
Was it a good movie? Not really. Was it an entertaining movie? Heck yeah!
Rated 04 Jun 2010
21
12th
BOMB-OMB!
Rated 20 Dec 2014
67
41st
It's a good thing I like my movies stupid and immediately forgotten by time. Two non-Italian actors take on a similarly non-reptilian Dennis Hopper in what looks to be rejected storyboards from Burton's Batman, with a dash of Mojo Nixon. Your guess is as good as mine.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
1
0th
I thought I already ranked this garbage, but apparently they want me to crap on it twice.
Rated 20 Apr 2007
13
3rd
haha oh Dennis Hopper
Rated 22 Mar 2007
2
2nd
Bob Hoskins makes a pretty good Mario, but other than that the whole film is just a plie of turd. Seems to go out on a limb simply to remain as much of a contrast to the games as possible. Such potential, such a waste.
Rated 13 Jan 2008
35
14th
AAAARRRGGGHHHH !!
Rated 03 Jun 2011
1
1st
Did I watch this many years ago? I don't know, I think I did. Who cares anyway, let's give it a 1.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
36
3rd
Yikes. Somebody bought the movie rights for Super Mario Bros. and then said, "Screw it, I'm going to make the most random and bizarre movie I can think of... and for the nerds, I'll toss in some of the characters from the videogame." We have Mario, Luigi, Daisy, a human King Koopa, goombas, Toad, bob-ombs, and Yoshi. That's all that made it through to this unfaithful adaptation. This was the first videogame movie, and it brought forth a legacy of terrible movies based on videogames. There h
Rated 19 Aug 2009
40
9th
Even though it sucks, I still like it
Rated 08 Dec 2007
8
3rd
You'll either hate it or love it for how terribly terrible the entire film is. The premise, the art direction. Everything.
Rated 26 Jun 2009
6
1st
I willed myself to like this as a child. I wish I had that kind of will-power today. Hell, I can't even will myself to read the summary. I keep trying to, but my brain just shuts down after "The Marios".
Rated 14 Aug 2007
4
43rd
Hilarious kitsch viewing. Let yourself sink into the warm pool of the badness, the bizarre noir version of the Mario world, and the way-too-hot Samantha Mathis, and learn to like it baby.
Rated 23 Mar 2023
55
28th
Score for the Morton and Jenkel cut from the Internet Archive. Basically the Total Recall of ‘90’s kids films: there’s implied mud sex and Mario hooks up with a brothel madam and a lead from Doki Doki Panic is tortured into primordial ooze. The whole thing is a 2-hour long scream from a studio realizing far too late they can’t sell plush toys with Bob Hoskins’ ass. I kinda love it.
Rated 06 Feb 2012
24
3rd
Unfortunately, a movie starring Lance Henriksen, Dennis Hopper AND Homer Simpson is a must see.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
42
11th
Yes, it's terrible. If you've ever played the game, however, the choices made in the adaptation process are nothing less than fascinating.
Rated 04 Jan 2012
20
23rd
Those Goomba things will give me nightmares. I mean, those tiny grinning faces fixated on a huge body, that's just terrifying! So much happens in this movie, it's fascinating. Mario is such an annoying asshole, when he was talking I kept wishing he would shut his huge pizza-hole
Rated 10 May 2017
10
1st
WTF?
Rated 14 Aug 2007
0
4th
Just dreadful. The writers should be shot. I'm very sure this is the worst script for any movie ever.
Rated 16 Jul 2014
60
23rd
I think most of this movie's criticism comes from people who saw it as children and were disappointed it wasn't just like the video game. Instead of coins and turtle shells they got silly putty fungus and shrunken-headed lizard creatures, and instead of a fireball-shooting dinosaur villain they got Dennis Hopper with a stupid haircut. But if you look past the lack of correlation to the game, you see a fairly inventive movie with some creative ideas. It's no masterpiece, but it's lots of fun.
Rated 27 May 2008
60
49th
I bet if I were to rewatch this film, my ranking of it would drop, but at the time of viewing, it was rad. :)
Rated 09 May 2014
40
26th
20 years on and I still don't know what on earth to make of this. Virtually nothing here has anything to do with the video games, and you feel references were being shoe-horned in as they went along. Plot-wise it's all over the place, and every inch of the production screams over-budget and out of control. The randomness of it all certainly makes it easier to zone out regularly, but it also means it doesn't matter when you do. Not so bad it's good, but certainly so bad it's fascinating.
Rated 20 Jan 2010
35
20th
Despite the low score, this film holds a special place in my heart. Probably just nostalgia speaking.
Rated 29 Nov 2022
5
2nd
Ugh... just ugh.
Rated 17 May 2007
40
6th
I was entertained, but it's ridiculous. Why there's another dimension shows creativity on the part of the writers, but it still doesn't excuse the fact that this bastardizes my childhood. Don't put the name Super Mario Bros. on it unless it's at least moderately loyal to the source material.
Rated 21 Nov 2008
0
2nd
Holy-fucking-Moses
Rated 01 Jul 2009
50
14th
Points for being hilarious.
Rated 04 Jun 2020
90
32nd
-1 for Plot being pretty dumb
Rated 21 Jan 2008
4
1st
A crime against humanity.
Rated 14 Oct 2007
39
18th
Oh no, what have you done to Mario???
Rated 24 Feb 2010
69
42nd
B movie
Rated 15 Apr 2013
20
7th
Super Mario Bros. is an awful movie that, unfortunately, isn't any fun. Bad movies are often so terrible that they're enjoyable, but that isn't the case here. It could have been possible if it wasn't taking everything so seriously, but because it does, the movie is incredibly dull. It has some good actors who put in no effort, a nonsensical story, and bears only vague similarities to the video game from which it takes its inspirations. You have no reason whatsoever to subject yourself to it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
23rd
Hoaky and fun.
Rated 02 Nov 2010
1
2nd
So bad... yet so good....
Rated 12 Sep 2007
28
0th
I'd almost respect this film for all of the odd quirky ways they tried to bring Super Mario into the real world...I would...if any of them actually worked.
Rated 09 Sep 2021
32
4th
A completely mystifying misfire that throws over its inspiration for a senseless and convoluted story involving something to do with Dino Dennis Hopper and a ray gun? Never short on visual inspiration, but creates an odd disconnect between the world it evokes (ugly, dystopic) and its characters (childish pantomime); it's especially sad to see Hopper seriously defanged as the potentially sinister villain here. The less said about Mathis and Leguizamo's apparently passionate romance, the better.
Rated 02 Mar 2010
83
29th
Far off the original game story, but overall a decent movie when compared to the other game film adaptations from its time.
Rated 14 Oct 2008
55
4th
This is a very odd interpretation of the world of the Maro Brothers. Not everyone will appreciate it. But when I'm in the mood, I love the silliness of it.
Rated 21 Apr 2023
10
1st
I'll give them the attempt at trying something different with this license but, holy shit, is this misguided. Awful and gets worse as it goes on. I wonder what my younger self thought when I left the theater seeing this back in 1993.
Rated 12 Jul 2009
15
2nd
Terrible in almost every way, but absolutely hilarious to watch. Who the hell thought this was a good idea?
Rated 02 Jun 2008
88
40th
So silly.
Rated 31 Mar 2010
14
4th
Before "video game movie" became synonymous with "awful", Super Mario Bros. was released. Ironically, the greatest video game franchise in the world became the trendsetter for perhaps the only genre of movies that is universally reviled. In SMB's case, you can't blame the source material--there's no trace of it in the film! The atmosphere is all wrong, too. The world is disgusting: Slime everywhere, deformed & braindead creatures loitering around; plus a super-creepy version of Yoshi. Shame.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
2
0th
biggest rip off i've ever seen. if someone liked the mario bros. enough that they wanted to make a movie, they should have given a crap about the quality. AVOID!!!!! nuff said.
Rated 28 Jun 2008
60
24th
I rented this movie so many times when I was younger that it had to become a classic for me. It's so shitty, but who can complain? It's the freakin' Mario Brothers!
Rated 28 Mar 2020
16
45th
One of the few films that would actually be better served with *more* chase scenes.
Rated 18 May 2014
10
2nd
A Rifftrax recently came out for this film which got me to watch this movie again...good god is the fucking awful. Nauseating, painful, boring schlock that keeps bring up the video games and then shitting on them with its awfulness. If you don't want to be compared to the games don't bring them up every 30 seconds. This movie fucking sucks a giant donkey dick.
Rated 03 Apr 2011
50
4th
I'm surprised I never rated this. A classic for sure.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
35
10th
The first video game adaptation, Super Mario Bros. was turned into an absurd adventure in a grimy world full of annoying characters and a ridiculous, inconsequential story. Very little is true to the games, and the games are so simple that is doesn't make sense that they couldn't include something other than familiar names slapped on characters that are nothing like the game version. I do have to say that Bob Hoskins was a good Mario, but otherwise... Total crap!
Rated 10 Oct 2010
7
2nd
Mario and Luigi from the actual Nintendo game turn in better acting performances than this.
Rated 08 Jun 2009
75
5th
I can barely remember this movie. but I know back then I really liked it.
Rated 26 Sep 2008
16
10th
SÃ¥ hellere to timer foran konsollen
Rated 20 May 2007
72
35th
Take all your preconceived notions of what a SMB movie should be, set those aside for 104 minutes, and you might be able to live, and love, and laugh, and maybe cry a little bit, with these Mario Bros. The performances of this ensemble cast is where the enjoyment lays, along with the purely Bizarro World take on The Mushroom Kingdom. (Tip: Actual Mushrooms might help in this endeavour) [Rifftrax: Not many stand out riff's but drinking buddies all empathetic to your shared plight of viewership.]
Rated 25 Mar 2013
56
8th
I was a bit dissapointed with the movie i hoped it would be better but now that i think about it its a stuipid idea.
Rated 18 Jul 2015
20
2nd
Very poor adaptation of the Super Mario video game franchise. Pretty fun film to take the piss out of with friends though.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
59
28th
Throw a party, get your closest friends together, get wasted, and view this as a masterpiece.
Rated 05 Sep 2017
72
47th
It loses some momentum after the escape to the desert, the hallways of the Bowser building look cheap compared to the expansive street scene set. Bowser and Goomba entourage running through NYC for a few villainous fish out of water scenes at the end could have leveled up the ending.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
3rd
I wish they'd remake this movie with a CGI Bowser.
Rated 05 Dec 2020
41
24th
I rewatched this recently as an adult, and wow, it is less coherent than I remembered. There's a lot of things in this movie that could be interesting in some other movie, a lot of really original and fascinating ideas and designs, but they're thrown together in a nonsense way that won't appeal to people who liked the games, doesn't have the impact to appeal outside of that, and is way too full of inappropriate stuff (MARIO GRINDS IN THE CLUB) to work as a generalized kids' movie.
Rated 20 May 2023
0
1st
This film crushed many a child's dreams.
Rated 05 Jan 2018
48
19th
While Super Mario Bros isn't good, its reputation as one of the worst films of the 90's is overstated. It's a loud obnoxious mess that quickly devolves into a series of silly chase sequences, and the lack of surety concerning its tonal direction surely had a negative impact on the end result. It's too childish for adults but not completely suitable for kids, but it's easy to admire the borderline surreal comic touches, and it's a well cast film with some inventive effects.
Rated 13 Mar 2008
100
95th
lulz
Rated 27 Sep 2012
25
17th
A lot of the hate for this comes from it being as far from the source material as possible. It's pretty mediocre, but it's reasonably watchable.
Rated 19 Mar 2007
18
5th
Absolutely horrid.
Rated 04 Apr 2010
35
4th
one of the worst movies or one of the best movies on how not to make video game adaptations.
Rated 28 Nov 2012
10
6th
Do the Mario! Swing your arms from side to side Come on, it's time to go! Do the Mario! Take one step, and then again. Let's do the Mario, all together now! You've got it! It's the Mario! Do the Mario! Swing your arms from side to side Come on, it's time to go! Do the Mario! Take one step, and then again. Let's do the Mario, all together now! Come on now, it's just like that!
Rated 18 Oct 2007
50
29th
Mildly entertaing, if dated.
Rated 10 Dec 2008
63
9th
Monkey!
Rated 25 Dec 2012
20
20th
His last name is mario! Love it.
Rated 25 Mar 2007
38
9th
This doesn't feel like the game at all. How did it land Bob Hoskins and Dennis Hopper?
Rated 11 Aug 2009
44
5th
bahahahahah
Rated 29 Nov 2006
14
10th
Bob Hoskins forever!
Rated 16 Apr 2007
50
11th
Bizarrely enough, I have a soft spot for this... yes, it's a terrible movie, but weirdly fascinating just the same. It's amazing they even got to make it in the first place!
Rated 27 Jan 2020
20
5th
A disgrace to the original video game
Rated 12 Nov 2016
14
8th
D-
Rated 18 Aug 2007
30
1st
Yikes. Rubbish and not really anything to do with Mario. With a parallel universe that looks like some sort of nightmare, it's just best to avoid.
Rated 02 Aug 2009
65
10th
Kinda fun, I guess. Not cult-y enough to be really enjoyable, but I like bits and pieces.
Rated 08 Aug 2009
5
0th
When I was a child, watching this, I never really thought about how fucking bizarre the entire concept of a Super Mario Bros. film was. I must have, however, inherently known that the movie was not a 'good movie'. Nearly twenty years later, and it's still just as bad as I had remembered it; but I'm giving it a 5 just because I can appreciate its absurdity, now.
Rated 21 Jul 2011
45
17th
Loyal, lethal.....Stupid
Rated 15 Jun 2012
100
91st
Fuck the haters, it stands on it's own as a surreal scifi comedy. Ignoring the Super Mario name as much as they could was a solid move.

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