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SUPER MARIO BROS.

What You Need To Know:

The movie, SUPER MARIO BROTHERS, based on the Nintendo video game, turns on a journey-to-a-parallel-universe theme and a visit, a la Greek mythology, to an Underworld peopled by Dinosaurian descendents. Despite superlative special effects and an imaginative set, SUPER MARIO BROTHERS lags in places for want of real jeopardy or when the storyline and action become somewhat confused. Furthermore, the New Age and humanistic undertones are slightly unsettling, though, in the final analysis, this is a very innocuous action movie which does not present much that is unseemly or immoral.

Content:

(C, L, H, M, NA, VV, N) A positive reference to Jesus Christ as Lord opens this good triumphs over evil film marred by: less than 5 obscenities; revenge motif; idea of evolution & de-evolution promulgated by villain; several violent episodes as when innocent-looking old lady jabs the Mario Brothers with a vicious probe; New Age concepts in storyline such as parallel universes & psychic abilities; demonic creatures; and, some skimpy costumes.

More Detail:

SUPER MARIO BROTHERS, based on the classic Nintendo video game, turns on a visit to a parallel world peopled by Dinosaurian descendents. As the film opens in Brooklyn, a cloaked woman places a mysterious basket at a convent door. The nuns marvel at the contents: a huge egg which breaks open revealing a baby girl. The film cuts to an excavation twenty years later near the East River where some students participate in an archeological dig. However, when Daisy, the student leader at the excavation, calls for protection from the Scapelli Construction Company thugs, the Mario brothers, Mario (Bob Hoskins) and Luigi come to her aid. Before long, the Mario Brothers find themselves pulled through a mysterious portal into Dinohattan in a parallel dimension where reptiles have evolved into near human type beings. Koopa (Dennis Hopper), the diabolical tyrant of his dimension, plans to save his dying world by merging with the human world. The Mario Brothers experience many far-out adventures in the phantasmagoric atmosphere of Dinohattan.

Despite superlative special effects and an imaginative set, SUPER MARIO BROTHERS lags in places. Even Hoskins does not turn in a particularly credible performance. Furthermore, the New Age and humanistic undertones are slightly unsettling, though in the final analysis, this is a very innocuous action movie.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.