{"id":22691,"date":"2026-04-14T10:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/is-the-new-super-mario-galaxy-movie-really-that-bad\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:37:38","slug":"is-the-new-super-mario-galaxy-movie-really-that-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/is-the-new-super-mario-galaxy-movie-really-that-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the new Super Mario Galaxy movie really that bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A shallow plot and advert-adjacent cameos justify the critics\u2019 condemnation of Nintendo\u2019s latest film. But there\u2019s sincere affection for the universe here, too<\/p>\n

I was bracing myself for the worst when I headed into the cinema with my children to watch the new Super Mario Galaxy movie over the Easter break. The reviews have been memorably dire. The Guardian\u2019s Peter Bradshaw called it worse than AI<\/a>; Empire deemed it<\/a> a \u201chumourless, hysterical trudge\u201d. It\u2019s been vilified even more than the first Mario movie, which film critics also hated.<\/p>\n

I am a lifelong Nintendo fan, though \u2013 I literally wrote the book<\/a> on the company \u2013 so even if it was terrible, there was a possibility that the Mario-loving child within me might temporarily take over my critical faculties and get me through it. That\u2019s what happened with the first Mario movie, which I found to be perfectly OK<\/a>. I was not actively offended by it, as the film critics seemed to be; audiences seemed to land mostly in my camp, if the huge discrepancy<\/a> between its audience ratings and review ratings were any indication. Could the sequel really be that much worse?<\/p>\n

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\nA shallow plot and advert-adjacent cameos justify the critics\u2019 condemnation of Nintendo\u2019s latest film. But there\u2019s sincere affection for the universe here, too
\nI was bracing myself for the worst when I headed into the cinema with my children to watch the new Super Mario Galaxy movie over the Easter break. The reviews have been memorably dire. The Guardian\u2019s Peter Bradshaw called it worse than AI; Empire deemed it a \u201chumourless, hysterical trudge\u201d. It\u2019s been vilified even more than the first Mario movie, which film critics also hated.
\nI am a lifelong Nintendo fan, though \u2013 I literally wrote the book on the company \u2013 so even if it was terrible, there was a possibility that the Mario-loving child within me might temporarily take over my critical faculties and get me through it. That\u2019s what happened with the first Mario movie, which I found to be perfectly OK. I was not actively offended by it, as the film critics seemed to be; audiences seemed to land mostly in my camp, if the huge discrepancy between its audience ratings and review ratings were any indication. Could the sequel really be that much worse? Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A shallow plot and advert-adjacent cameos justify the critics\u2019 condemnation of Nintendo\u2019s latest film. But there\u2019s sincere affection for the universe here, too I was bracing myself for the worst when I headed into the cinema with my children to watch the new Super Mario Galaxy movie over the Easter break. The reviews have been …<\/p>\n

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