Movie is a visually sumptuous film from beginning to end. Animated by the artists at Illumination (the studio responsible for Despicable Me and Minions), The Super Mario Bros. ![]() ![]() The film, instead, feels like it’s being operated by a competitive gamer who wants to progress through each level as quickly as they can. Movie doesn’t want to spend too much time exploring its locations or characters - no matter how beautifully they’re rendered. Penned by Matthew Fogel, The Super Mario Bros. Not only are there multiple instances throughout the 92-minute film in which directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic literally adopt a side-scrolling perspective, but the film also bounces from one story beat and location to another with the same sense of dimensionless expediency. ![]() Movie feels so much like a side-scrolling, 2D video game. It’s fitting, in a way, that The Super Mario Bros.
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