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We’re talking about The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The 2023 animated adventure comedy based on Nintendo’s Mario video game franchise earned rave reviews from audiences and became the first video game adaptation to cross the $1 billion mark at the box office. The movie, which sees sibling plumbers Mario and Luigi transported through a mysterious pipe to the magical Mushroom Kingdom, was so successful that a sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, is in the works. Before that film hits theaters on April 1st, fans can catch The Super Mario Bros. Movie on Peacock after it joined the platform on February 3rd.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Successfully Brought the Beloved Video Game Franchise to the Big Screen
What makes The Super Mario Bros. Movie so great is that the film absolutely understood the core appeal of the iconic Nintendo franchise and delivered a vibrant animated spectacle that perfectly captured the source material’s joy, aesthetics, and gameplay mechanics. The movie is something of a nostalgic thrill ride for long-time fans with a straight-forward plot that pays homage to the spirit of the games as Mario embarks on an epic quest through the Mushroom Kingdom to save his brother from Bowser. Through stellar animation, Mushroom Kingdom and other iconic game locations are brought to life on the big screen, and Mario’s adventure manages to capture the experience of playing the games with fast-paced sequences, platforming, and plenty of competition.
