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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 176 reviews)
Sales Rank: 837
Category: DVD
Actors: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Samantha Mathis, Fisher Stevens
Directors: Annabel Jankel, Dean Semler, Rocky Morton, Roland Joffe
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Brand: HOSKINS/LEGUIZAMO/HOPPER/MATHIS
Label: Walt Disney Video
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 104 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: DISD29244D
UPC: 786936209389
EAN: 0786936209389
ASIN: B00008979N
Release Date: June 3, 2003
Theatrical Release Date: May 28, 1993
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Description
Buckle up and hang on tight -- the discovery of a parallel universe launches you into the adventure of a lifetime! Mario and Luigi, two wacky plumbers, undertake a daring quest to save a princess in "Dinohattan" -- a hidden world where the inhabitants evolved from dinosaurs! Mario (Bob Hoskins -- WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT) and Luigi (John Leguizamo -- REGARDING HENRY) face deadly challenges from a diaboloical lizard king (Dennis Hopper -- HOOSIERS) and must battle giant reptilian goombas, outwit misfit thugs, and undermine a sinister scheme to take over the world! Blast off for nonstop excitement with SUPER MARIO BROS., the live-action thrill ride that dazzled moviegoers everywhere!
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 Super Mario Movie - Awesome! June 9, 2009
Hello I'm an autistic adult...
I didn't even know they made this movie intil a few week's ago when I was browsing my local library website and just stumbled upon it and decided to rent it. It's pretty good Super Mario Movie I think it's alright. Pretty decent. Are they going to make a sequel?
Good movie. If your local library has this movie rent it. Or you could buy it either way.
Happy movie hunting!
THEY EFFFFED THIS ONE ALL UP!!!!! June 4, 2009
If you were to ask me about some of the most DISSAPOINTING movie experiences I've ever had, this movie would probably come up pretty quickly. What a SHAM (for lack of a more innapropriate/foul word) this movie was.
Who were the executives who came up with this one? Not only did they get the story all wrong, but they also changed names, certain characters, other characters roles. And then worst of all, they made whatever characters they decided to keep completely lame. Dennis Hopper is a cool actor, but he had no business being King Koopa. King Koopa should have been a giant nasty looking muppet or something. Toad was a PERSON! The f'in Goombas had bodies... whats going on here?
Everybody knows that when it comes to Super Mario Brothers, it's all about the MUSHROOMS? They were no where... oh wait, yeah, they were some disgusting fungus that was eating up the village. But there were no mushroom people! And the princess wasn't even cute? What the EFFFFFFF?
This could have been a terrific low budget gem, had they kept it campy as hell, with muppets and sock puppets, and Captain Lou as Mario. Bob Hoskins was no Mario in my world. Even more so for John Leguizamo as Luigi... where's your mustache jerk? Since when is Luigi Latino?, and HEY, fix your hat. Plus the whole explanation on how Mario was in fact their last name... Mario Mario?... Go back to How-Not-To-Make -A-Retarded-movie 101, gang. You blew it.
 Not exactly like the game, but still enjoyable May 20, 2009
I do wish that the movie had been closer to the game in plot and setting - Dennis Hopper did a nice job playing Koopa, but I missed the big green, redheaded monster that he was in the games. But set aside the expectations that this movie will be just like the games, and you will be satisfied by it. This movie certainly isn't the best of all times, but I liked the acting.
Many elements of the game have been retained, like Bob-Ombs, or Goombahs (although they have a considerably different look in the movie) and Yoshi even made an appearance (though like the Goombahs, he looked very different) Seeing Big Bertha as a buxom black woman with red clothing and spikes was funny, though the character of Lena was unnecessary (nothing personal against the actress herself)
The plot itself - entirely different from the games (aside the whole Princess-kidnapping scheme) was believable when set in this world, with Koopa's desire to take over our own world. Mario and Luigi deliver a solid and humorous performance, and this movie is good for a rainy day or a casual viewing with friends (perhaps along with a game of Mario Party, eh?) at night with snacks. 4 out of 5 stars for a fun film.
 Ignore the naysayers, give Mario Brothers a chance May 18, 2009
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This ill-fated movie based on one of the world's most popular video games, Super Mario Brothers, is an enjoyable movie that often gets a bad rap, especially from video gamers.
The plot of the movie itself doesn't bear much resemblence the storylines of the games. It seems that millions of years ago in prehistoric times, a meteor came crashing down to earth. However instead of wiping out the dinosaurs as it is commonly believed, it simply split the world into two separate dimensions. In one dimension apes evolved into the human beings we are today, in the other dimension the dinosaurs evolved into what appears to be humans as well. Now King Koopa, the ruler of the dinosaur dimension, has captured an earthly princess in possession of a meteorite piece that can merge the two dimensions together as one, and he plans to become the ruler. Luckily her newfound friends, the Mario brothers, have followed her kidnappers into the dinosaur dimension an attempt to save her and the world.
The number one complaint about the Super Mario Brothers movie is that it doesn't follow the game closely enough. Had this been an animated feature, it probably would have been much easier to create a movie about plumbers that jump on turtles heads, eat giant mushrooms, and fly through the air with raccoon tails. But seeing as they opted to make it a live action movie, ideas as outlandish as these just aren't feasible. Instead we are presented with a by-the-numbers comedy/adventure story where the good guys win and everyone lives happily ever after.
Nontheless, Super Mario Brothers immerses you in an imaginative landscape with a plethora of likable characters, which despite its inconsistencies with the source material makes it a decent movie. The humor is extremely corny as the movie is clearly geared towards kids, but this is a movie that can be enjoyed by all ages. Plus it stars Dennis Hopper as King Koopa, which is reason enough to check it out. Super Mario Brothers is harmless fun, give it a chance.
Goofy, but in a good way May 12, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Super Mario Bros. / B00008979N
*Spoilers*
I watched this movie as a child and remember liking the movie, but being a touch confused. The Super Mario Brothers games that I played had involved a plumber, travelling through pipes, jumping to incredible heights, and rescuing a princess (perpetually in another castle!) in a crown and a dress. In order to make the concept work as a movie, however, the filmmakers understandably had to change up the plot a tad.
In retrospect, this really is not such a bad movie, and it holds up fairly well for the time period. Hoskins is wonderful, as always, reprising much of his role from Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Vista Series), here as the grumpy, world-weary, heart-of-gold Mario. The actors for Luigi and Princess Daisy are less well-rounded and much of their parts come off as somewhat cheesy, but since their characters are supposed to be wide-eyed romantics, the cheese is not too painful.
The basic overlay of the plot is that our world and the Mushroom Kingdom world are two dimensions, separated by a divergence in the far past in which one world evolved with primates as the dominant life-form and the other world evolved with reptiles as the dominant life-forms. (It is particularly fascinating to see this movie treat evolution as a bland fact that even children can understand, when today the issue is considered to be so extremely controversial as to be potentially off-putting to some audiences.) When the reptilian world suffers a military coup, the infant Princess Daisy is smuggled out to the human world for her own safety. Years later, the grown-up Daisy is sucked back into her home world - along with two hapless plumbers. In this world something akin to Blade Runner (Four-Disc Collector's Edition) or Total Recall, the plumbers must move quickly in order to save Princess Daisy, defeat the evil King Koopa, and restore the rightful king to the throne.
If the plot sounds corny, that's because it is, but it is intentionally corny, going along with the craziness and enjoying it along the way. The viewer is sucked in by the sheer craziness of the whole thing, and Hoskins is a superb element, having mastered the art of treating the absurd as unavoidable fact, while still humorously seething along the way at being made ridiculous. In this way - as a celebration of the ridiculous - the movie can still hold its own today in ways that more true-to-source video games of the era cannot. This is a decent movie if you are looking for a trip down memory lane, for decent home-style MST3K riffing, or for young children who will enjoy the bright colors and loud noises along the way.
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