Super Mario Bros.
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Super Mario Bros.
1993
Comedy, Family/Kids
1h 44m
The Marios rush to save a princess from Koopa. (imdb)
Super Mario Bros.
1993
Comedy, Family/Kids
1h 44m
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Rated 29 Mar 2016
68
16th
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 29 Mar 2016
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 12 Oct 2020
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 27 Jul 2015
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 28 Mar 2010
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 10 Jan 2010
Rated 14 Jul 2007
10
6th
Everybody even remotely involved with this movie was high.
Rated 14 Jul 2007
Rated 15 Apr 2009
50
3rd
Really bizarre and rather frightening live action conversion.
Rated 15 Apr 2009
Rated 16 Jun 2008
65
14th
This film confused and disappointed me even as a child.
Rated 16 Jun 2008
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 12 Feb 2008
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 24 Aug 2022
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 26 Sep 2010
Rated 03 Oct 2009
75
82nd
If it's so bad, how can it be this fun to watch, check mate criticker users
Rated 03 Oct 2009
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 05 Jul 2008
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 03 Jul 2008
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 17 Feb 2007
Rated 16 Aug 2024
35
56th
the masc nickelodeon partner to zenon & zequels' fem disney, even including mandatory slime representation. pair together for the perfect double header
Rated 16 Aug 2024
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 23 Mar 2023
Rated 10 Apr 2019
44
2nd
It's really bad but it's no Thor 2
Rated 10 Apr 2019
Rated 07 Aug 2017
80
51st
Was it a good movie? Not really. Was it an entertaining movie? Heck yeah!
Rated 07 Aug 2017
Rated 10 May 2017
10
1st
WTF?
Rated 10 May 2017
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 20 Dec 2014
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 16 Jul 2014
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 09 May 2014
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 15 May 2013
Rated 06 Feb 2012
24
3rd
Unfortunately, a movie starring Lance Henriksen, Dennis Hopper AND Homer Simpson is a must see.
Rated 06 Feb 2012
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 04 Jan 2012
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 03 Jun 2011
Rated 04 Jun 2010
21
12th
BOMB-OMB!
Rated 04 Jun 2010
Rated 20 Jan 2010
35
20th
Despite the low score, this film holds a special place in my heart. Probably just nostalgia speaking.
Rated 20 Jan 2010
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 26 Jun 2009
Rated 11 May 2009
15
2nd
Such a horrible movie, but so fun to watch just because of the horribleness.
Rated 11 May 2009
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 27 May 2008
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 08 Dec 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
1
0th
I thought I already ranked this garbage, but apparently they want me to crap on it twice.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
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 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
33
9th
As bad as they say. More fun to watch than it should be.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
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 14 Aug 2007
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 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
4
44th
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 14 Aug 2007
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 22 Mar 2007
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 22 Feb 2007
Rated 18 Sep 2024
30
10th
It’s one thing to alter the video games to fit into a film. And then there’s whatever the hell this movie did. Fascinating in every filmmaking decision. The convoluted dinosaur plot, a Bladerunner inspired city, characters that are completely removed from their original design (especially the goombas), etc. One of the best “so bad it’s good” films.
Rated 18 Sep 2024
Rated 20 May 2023
0
1st
This film crushed many a child's dreams.
Rated 20 May 2023
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 21 Apr 2023
Rated 07 Oct 2022
65
37th
C'mon, while it's obviously not a very serious adaptation of the games, it's still a fun time. Laugh with it or laugh at it, but hate it?! No Ma'am. Coulda cut out most of that second half tho.
Rated 07 Oct 2022
Rated 08 Jul 2022
47
6th
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Rated 08 Jul 2022
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 09 Sep 2021
Rated 29 Jul 2021
40
6th
I won't explain why this isn't bottom-of-the-barrel 0, or a 10. It's better than that
Rated 29 Jul 2021
Rated 10 Apr 2021
30
41st
So bad it's good.
Rated 10 Apr 2021
Rated 28 Jan 2021
55
13th
Hard to rate this, cause I was constantly torn between being amazed by how bat shit crazy it is and stupefied how moronic it is and how it's has nothing to do with the videogame.
Rated 28 Jan 2021
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 05 Dec 2020
Rated 04 Jun 2020
90
31st
-1 for Plot being pretty dumb
Rated 04 Jun 2020
Rated 28 Mar 2020
16
45th
One of the few films that would actually be better served with *more* chase scenes.
Rated 28 Mar 2020
Rated 12 Mar 2020
5
0th
I don't remember much, other than hating it, even as a child.
Rated 12 Mar 2020
Rated 27 Jan 2020
20
5th
A disgrace to the original video game
Rated 27 Jan 2020
Rated 26 Jul 2019
62
12th
So yeah, I think this movie might be a bit underrated. It's stupid as shit, obviously, and bears almost no resemblance to the video games if that's something you care about, but there's no shortage of creativity or imagination and there are some funky cool early 90s VFX. Not a traditionally good movie, of course, but if this was an original property rather than an adaptation I think this would be a bigger cult favourite.
Rated 26 Jul 2019
Rated 03 Feb 2019
28
24th
oddly works better today than when it came out, although by no means great
Rated 03 Feb 2019
Rated 13 May 2018
30
5th
There's a Guardian review of this movie that claims, "Joffé wanted to do with Super Mario Bros what Burton had done for superheroes with Batman," and in terms of production design that actually seems spot on. It's the exact same sort of whimsical corporate dystopia, and Koopa's cartoonish megalomania would fit perfectly alongside The Penguin. If the script weren't so terrible this could have been really good.
Rated 13 May 2018
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 05 Jan 2018
Rated 04 Jan 2018
20
4th
The hilarious departure from the source video game and the wildly over-the-top production design give this movie an honest cult classic quality. Though it is let down big time by the uninterested lead actors and even Dennis Hopper can't quite save it from a downright insulting script. Despite all this the film somehow remains fun to watch.
Rated 04 Jan 2018
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 05 Sep 2017
Rated 25 Nov 2016
50
33rd
By “Worst Movie Ever” standards I stand by the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie as being one of the best films in that category. Yeah it’s objectively crap I guess, but there is something about it that makes it stand out from the rest. It’s pretty easily watchable and I feel it has a bit of an avant-garde style to it. Weird but intriguing, despite being almost nothing like the game compared to the new one.
Rated 25 Nov 2016
Rated 12 Nov 2016
14
8th
D-
Rated 12 Nov 2016
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 18 Jul 2015
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 18 May 2014
Rated 15 Mar 2014
20
2nd
There are those that defend the Super Mario Bros. movie, saying it's good if you ignore the lack of connection to the videogame. They'd be wrong, because part of the disconnect with the videogame series comes from the fact everything is bleak and depressing instead of colorful and fun.
Rated 15 Mar 2014
Rated 23 Jul 2013
60
39th
I thought it was way better than most people said it was, but then again I was about 7...
Rated 23 Jul 2013
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 15 Apr 2013
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 25 Mar 2013
Rated 18 Feb 2013
60
8th
It is only too obvious what is wrong with this film upon first viewing. It must have looked like gold on paper. Just coming off the hype of the NES game, why not try a live action. But it all comes across cheesy and badly scripted. And thats because it is. And predictable, badly acted and with mediocre fx. But i loved it, and still do... Why you ask? Perhaps cos of the stunning Samantha Mathis maybe....? Sigh....:)
Rated 18 Feb 2013
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 28 Nov 2012
Rated 09 Oct 2012
7
2nd
Oh, dear. What happened?
Rated 09 Oct 2012
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 27 Sep 2012
Rated 15 Jun 2012
86
61st
Trainwreck, but amazing in its way
Rated 15 Jun 2012
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.
Rated 15 Jun 2012
Rated 22 Apr 2012
80
78th
One of the most bizarre adaptations of anything, ever. You have to respect the levels of abstraction the writers went through to arrive here.
Rated 22 Apr 2012
Rated 03 Feb 2012
37
3rd
This is a really bad movie. I think the only way a movie based on Super Mario would work if it was an animated film. The actors do the best they can with the material but the script is horrible.
Rated 03 Feb 2012
Rated 03 Jan 2012
25
13th
I like how Mario has a relationship with a total sleazy slutbag and Luigi looks like he should be shivving dudes in a prison cell somewhere. Dennis Hopper as King Koopa is a genius and equally insane casting choice. While the film is about as respectful to the source material as I am to my fellow man, it's too weird and unique to truly hate.
Rated 03 Jan 2012
Rated 21 Jul 2011
45
17th
Loyal, lethal.....Stupid
Rated 21 Jul 2011
Rated 24 Jun 2011
80
47th
Really y'all, what did you expect? While there are some horribly written hijinx here and there, I'd challenge you to come up with a more screenworthy angle on Mario concept. The Mushroom Kingdom is extremely vibrant and incredibly creatively envisioned and the acting suggests they had no idea this would go over so poorly. Under any other name, this would put Tank Girl to shame.
Rated 24 Jun 2011
Rated 30 May 2011
20
5th
This movie is so bad its good. I get enjoyment watching this film because of how hilariously inept every aspect of this production is and the butchering of classic video game characters. Yoshi as a prehistoric dinosaur? haha
Rated 30 May 2011
Rated 03 Apr 2011
50
4th
I'm surprised I never rated this. A classic for sure.
Rated 03 Apr 2011
Rated 19 Jan 2011
0
0th
Utter garbage. Not even "so bad it's good." To quote "Ghost World", "Super Mario Bros." is "so bad, it's gone past good, and back to bad again."
Rated 19 Jan 2011
Rated 27 Nov 2010
80
49th
That's right, I did it, gave Super Mario Bros. an 80. But it's just so damn creative/unique. And we all know anything that Leguizamo touches has gotta be good...right?...
Rated 27 Nov 2010
Rated 18 Nov 2010
30
4th
This is an example why some video game titles and movies together is a bad idea. Hollywood gets inspired, yet carried away, like some fans, about game-based films. There are only a few, and I mean FEW, of them out there that are worth for the screen. If you just find the right people capable of doing it. Story is nowhere near the Mario games - and why should it? Mario is simply a story of saving the girl, fight a monster(s), and save the magical world. People don't ask why - they just like it.
Rated 18 Nov 2010
Rated 10 Oct 2010
7
2nd
Mario and Luigi from the actual Nintendo game turn in better acting performances than this.
Rated 10 Oct 2010
Rated 27 Sep 2010
15
2nd
Why did this have to happen?
Rated 27 Sep 2010
Rated 26 Sep 2010
47
23rd
Not a good movie, but gets some points for being so strange.
Rated 26 Sep 2010
Rated 31 Aug 2010
15
3rd
Really can't imagine how this could go more wrong. Everything about it, from the overall tone, to the design... the casting, the performances, and above all the godawful story. Take it from one of the biggest 12-year-old Mario Brothers fans there there was: this movie completely and utterly failed on all accounts.
Rated 31 Aug 2010
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