Super Mario Bros. Movie Review 1993

$42 million adventure fantasy based on the popular Nintendo video game. The brothers are in hot pursuit of the Princess Daisy who's been kidnapped by evil slimebucket Hopper and taken to Dinohattan, a fungi-infested, garbage-strewn, rat-hole version of Manhattan. Hopper will amuse the adults, doing a gleeful reptilian version of Frank Booth from "Blue Velvet." Hoskins and Leguizamo act gamely in broad Nintendo style, enthusiastically partaking in high-tech wizardry and the many gags. Hits bullseye of target audience--elementary and junior high kids--with frenetic pace, gaudy special effects, oversized sets, and animatronic monsters.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS
Running time 104 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adapted from a Game, Alien Beings--Vicious, Alien Beings--Benign, Dinosaurs, Fantasy, Parallel Universe

Screenplay

Edward Solomon, Parker Bennett, Terry Runte

Cast

Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Samantha Mathis, Fisher Stevens, Richard Edson, Dana Kaminsky, Dennis Hopper, Fiona Shaw, Mojo Nixon, Lance Henriksen

Director

Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel

Music

Alan Silvestri

Producer

Jake Eberts, Roland Joffe, Buena Vista, Buena Vista