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The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a 2023 computer-animated adventure comedy film based on the Super Mario Video Game Franchise by Nintendo. It is produced by Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment, & Nintendo, along with being distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is directed by Aaron Horvath and Micheal Jelenic, written by Matthew Fogeln and produced by Chris Meledandri and Shigeru Miyamoto. The film has the voices of Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Micheal Key, Seth Rogen, and Fred Armisen.
The film was released on April 5, 2023 in the United States of America. Although it received mixed reviews from critics, the film grossed $1.36 billion worldwide and broke multiple box-office records, including the biggest worldwide opening weekend for an animated film, the highest grossing film based on a video game, and the first film based on a video game to gross over $1 billion.
A sequel is set to be released on April 3, 2026.
Plot[]
Italian-American brothers Mario and Luigi have recently opened a plumbing business in Brooklyn, to the annoyance of their ex-foreman Spike and the disapproval of their father. After seeing a significant water main leak on the news, Mario and Luigi go underground to fix the leak, however, they are sucked into a Warp Pipe and get separated from each other.
Mario lands in the Mushroom Kingdom, ruled by Princess Peach, while Luigi arrives in the Dark Lands, ruled by Bowser. Bowser is seeking to marry Princess Peach and will destroy the Mushroom Kingdom using a Super Star if she refuses. He imprisons Luigi to threaten Mario, whom he sees as competition for Peach's love. Mario meets Toad, who takes him to Princess Peach. Peach plans to ally with the Kongs to Stop Bowser and allows Mario and Toad to travel with her. She also tells Mario that she ended up in the Mushroom Kingdom as a baby, where the Toads took her in and eventually made her their leader. In the Jungle Kingdom, King Cranky Kong agrees to help if Mario defeats his son, Donkey Kong, in a fight. Despite Donkey Kong's extremely powerful strength, Mario defeats him using a Cat Suit.
Mario, Peach, Toad, and the Kongs use karts to drive back to the Mushroom Kingdom, but Bowser's army ambushes them on Rainbow Road. A blue-shelled Koopa General destroys part of the road in a kamikaze attack, causing Mario and Donkey Kong to crash into the ocean while the other Kongs are captured. Peach and Toad return to the Mushroom Kingdom and tells the citizens to evacuate. Bowser arrives to the Mushroom Kingdom and proposes to Peach, who reluctantly accepts after Kamek restrains Toad. Mario and Donkey Kong, having been eaten by a giant eel, learn they both want the respect of their fathers. They escape the eel by riding a rocket from Donkey Kong's kart and hurry to Bowser and Peach's wedding.
At the wedding ceremony, Bowser intends to execute all of his prisoners in lava in Peach's honor. Toad smuggles an Ice Flower into Peach's bouquet, which she uses to freeze Bowser. Mario and Donkey Kong arrive and free the prisoners, with Mario using a Tanooki Suit to save Luigi. Bowser frees himself and summons a "Bomber" Bill to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom, but Mario knocks it off course and directs it into the Warp Pipe, where it detonates, creating a vacuum that sucks Bowser's castle and its current occupants into Brooklyn.
Mario tries to grab the Super Star but is attacked by a pissed off Bowser, who also defeats Princess Peach, Toad, and Donkey Kong. Mario sees his business's commercial on television and is motivated to face Bowser, who almost incinerates him. Luigi saves Mario, and they both grab the Super Star. Becoming temporarily invincible, they defeat the Koopas, destroy Bowser's castle, and weakens Bowser. Peach then shrinks Bowser with a blue Mini Mushroom and imprisons him. Mario and Luigi are hailed as heroes, including their parents and Spike.
Sometime later, after moving into the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario and Luigi begin a day of plumbing.
Cast[]
- Chris Pratt as Mario
- Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach
- Charlie Day as Luigi
- Jack Black as Bowser
- Keegan-Michael Key as Toad
- Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong
- Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong
- Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek