The negative Super Mario Bros. Movie reviews aren't hurting its box-office performance

[midian182]

In brief: There has been a lot of excitement about the Super Mario Bros. animated movie, despite the controversy over Chris Pratt's voicing of the famous plumber. Now that it's arrived in theaters, was it worth the hype? That probably depends on whom you ask.

Looking at Rotten Tomatoes, the Super Mario Bros. Movie is another one of those titles that many critics dislike, but viewers seem to love. It currently has an underwhelming score of just 54% from over 100 reviews aggregated by the site, yet the audience score is a massive 98%.

Some less-positive reviews have called the movie unimaginative, unfunny, and inaccessible for non-fans of the games. And the choice of Chris Pratt to voice Mario is called a mistake by more than one critic.

Most of the general public disagrees with the reviews, especially those who enjoy the games and love the amount of easter eggs packed into the movie. It's a change from Angry Birds, another game-based animation, which everyone hated, but it's something we saw with Sonic and Sonic 2, both of which were hailed as two of the genre's best movies ever, yet many critics disliked them.

While even the most savage critic would probably agree that the animated version is a better interpretation of Mario than the first-ever video game-based movie, Super Mario Bros., the BBC's Nicholas Barber disagrees. "Any adults accompanying those children may wish they were watching the Hoskins and Leguizamo film instead." Both stars admitted to often being drunk while filming the infamous movie.

Despite the hostile reception from many critics, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is bringing in money at the box office. It looks set to make $225 million globally, including $125 million in North America, during its first five days of release, writes Deadline.

If Super Marie Bros. stays on track, it will have the best opening weekend to date this year, beating Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania's $225.3 million. It still has a way to go before reaching the highest-grossing movie based on a video game: Warcraft, another one that critics hated, made $439 million globally.

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[Theinsanegamer]

Critics are completely isolated from the real world. They praise anything that pushes "the message" or anything that is self mastubatory like the last Jedi, yet they HATE anything meant to please fans.

Everyone I know who has seen it likes the movie. It's a fun mario romp, and most kids (and adults) know who mario is.

 

[BakaRed77]

"inaccessible for non-fans of the games." Wonder what they were thinking making a movie based on video game characters that only people who liked the games would get. Movie critics are a joke and the job title shouldn't exist when reviews can be made and shared by everyone.

 

[amghwk]

"Critics" are actually oxymorons.

And so is the rotten tomatoes.

Either YOU like it or don't. There's no need to let "critics" or reviewers influence your experience.

And this stands true for all movies and games.

 

[gamerk2]

I mean, this was always going to be the case. The movie isn't being made for movie goers, it's being made for those of us who have kids from that generation (who more then likely remember the *last* Mario movie ).

 

[NewSparrow]

Why does everything have to be so controversial. It's a fun movie just enjoy it who you're with.

 

[waclark]

I would love to see a reboot of a live-actor Mario Bros movie. The original was a bit ho-hum, but I feel like it could be done much better.

 

[toooooot]

Critics are completely isolated from the real world. They praise anything that pushes "the message" or anything that is self mastubatory like the last Jedi, yet they HATE anything meant to please fans.

Everyone I know who has seen it likes the movie. It's a fun mario romp, and most kids (and adults) know who mario is.

I used to not care. Now I realize I hate "the message" for that one reason: constant preaching while I am trying to get entertained. These days, critics are the priests of "the message."