‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ debuts with a score of 48% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 54 reviews

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ debuts with a score of 48% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 54 reviews. (Read More Here).

While more reviews will be published as critics who didn’t get to see the movie ahead of time watch and review it, the ones already out paint a pretty mixed picture.

When looking at our own review here on ComicBook.com, we happen to agree with the early consensus on The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Although our reviewer thinks that the film will be a hit with children and longtime video game fans, the story of The Super Mario Bros. Movie is pretty shallow and the interactions between its characters are lacking chemistry. As a result, we ended up giving the movie a 2 out of 5 rating. If you’re still looking forward to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the long-awaited animated film is set to finally hit theaters tomorrow on April 5th. The movie stars the voices of Chris Pratt, Jack Black, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen, and Charles Martinet. 

Are you surprised to see how low the review scores have been for The Super Mario Bros. Movie so far? And does this Rotten Tomatoes rating impact your own willingness to see the film? Be sure to let me know either down in the comments or reach out to me on Twitter at @MooreMan12. 

Some reviewers love the relatively short length and the faithfulness to the games, while others see the film as an empty piece of brand synergy that doesn’t have the space for any character depth.

At the time of writing, the film’s Rotten Tomatoes score is 46%. This means that less than half of the reviews are generally positive.

“Given how badly fans took the 1993 film, it’s a smart approach to have The Super Mario Bros Movie be almost entirely for the fanbase. It’s absolutely stacked with Easter eggs from across all of the Mario series — including musical nods, visual gags and a couple of 2D platformer sequences, among other things.”

“It’s not subtle and makes the movie a series of ‘hey, you remember this?’ moments rather than an actual plot, but Mario fans won’t be complaining.”

As of this afternoon, the initial wave of reviews for The Super Mario Bros. Movie dropped, and based on the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, they’re mostly negative. At the time of this writing, The Super Mario Bros. Movie sits at a 48% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes following reviews from 54 different critics. Given Illumination’s previous acclaim with projects like Despicable Me and The Secret Life of Pets, it’s pretty surprising to see how low Super Mario Bros. has debuted.