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The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Directed by Aaron Horvath1h 33mPublished Apr 10, 2023Episode length 50m
See It Or Skip It? - The Super Mario Bros. Movie (w/ Friend of the Podcast: The Yeetmeister)
FamilyComedyAdventureAnimationFantasy

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Chris Pratt
Chris Pratt
Mario (voice)
Anya Taylor-Joy
Anya Taylor-Joy
Princess Peach (voice)
Charlie Day
Charlie Day
Luigi (voice)
Jack Black
Jack Black
Bowser (voice)
Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Key
Toad (voice)
Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen
Donkey Kong (voice)
Fred Armisen
Fred Armisen
Cranky Kong (voice)
Sebastian Maniscalco
Sebastian Maniscalco
Spike (voice)
Charles Martinet
Charles Martinet
Mario's Dad / Giuseppe (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson
Kevin Michael Richardson
Kamek (voice)
Aaron Horvath
Aaron Horvath
Director
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Overview

While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.

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FIRST 24:00 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 24:00 it's a full spoiler review This week we're grabbing wrench, our controller and a hand full of mushrooms (not that kind) as we're headed down warp pipes to save a kingdom in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Ian's joined by The Yeetmeister as w

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FIRST 24:00 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict

AFTER 24:00 it's a full spoiler review

This week we're grabbing wrench, our controller and a hand full of mushrooms (not that kind) as we're headed down warp pipes to save a kingdom in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.  Ian's joined by The Yeetmeister as we look at a franchise that had to make a decision between nostalgia or growing a children's audence and certainly made a choice.  Was the Chris Pratt controversy worth all the hassle?  Which voice actors did a good job?  How did the animation hold up?  Did Illumination studios utilise the rich catalogue of Mario lore or did it fall to lazy extremes of childern's animated movies of the last decade?  Find out the answers to these questions and more in our "See It or Skip It" review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie and then we tell you whether you should SEE IT or SKIP IT.