Super Mario Bros: The Movie

"It’s-a Everything You Could Hope for From a Mario Movie (...) [It] captures the spirit of the games, the deep history, and the incredible possibilities that these games have presented for decades, all in one of the most fun animated films in years, with a team behind it that you can feel loves these characters and this world.
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"Largely plays things by the book, which is exactly what the assignment called for. Co-directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic have delivered a perfectly serviceable movie that is going to make a lot of kids very happy and a lot of adults very rich." 

"[It] gives you a wholesome prankish druggy chameleonic video-game buzz; it’s also a nice, sweet confection for 6-year-olds" 

"It is a delight for any 7-year-olds looking to see their favorite video game transposed onto the big screen and a tolerable-enough translation for anyone older than the intended target audience" 

"To swipe a metaphor from the original NES Super Mario Bros. game, while the film may complete the level, it doesn’t quite nail the leap to the top of the flagpole." 

"It's all quite fun, with a good sense of humor and a consistent computer-animated aesthetic -- plus, at 90 minutes including credits, it's short, sweet, and over before anything can get annoying" 

"Occasionally amusing but rarely engaging, it leaves one feeling like they’re standing to the side and watching someone else play a video game (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"