Super Mario Bros. (2023)
Starring : Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black, Keegan Michael-Key, et al Directed : Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic Where It’s Available : Amazon Prime in Canada, Netflix in the US Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. My partner would swear that the original 1993 magnum opus, Super Mario Bros. Movie starring Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo is the best video game movie ever made. … she’s *wrong*, of course. But it’s a bold take. As we get older, we remember things from our childhood much more brighter than perhaps we should (I’m not here to judge as I can be as guilty as anyone - more than half of my favourite films came out before the turn of the century). The Illumination films ‘Super Mario Bros.’ animated film weaponizes that nostalgia in a crass, oddly-cynical way. The result is a film that is… fine, but as instantly forgettable as it is empty and soulless. It was a film that was designed to make money, which is fair - and it obviously did just that with >$550 M dom...