Folks have been having all sorts of emotional turmoil about this new Super Mario Bros. Movie since the moment it was announced that Guardians of the Galaxy and Lego Movie star Chris Pratt would provide the voice of Mario. All that gnashing of teeth was for nothing, though. The Super Mario Bros.. Movie is both pretty funny and also just plain pretty–this movie is a feast for the eyes.
This adventure begins in Brooklyn, with a pair of brothers whose family plumbing business is–despite a stellar local TV ad featuring the Super Mario Bros.. Super Show theme–struggling. A brother-and-brother plumbing outfit? In this economy? Forget about it.
Fortunately, these normal-life problems are pretty quickly forgotten when Mario and Luigi venture deep into the sewers to try to figure out why Brooklyn’s streets are spontaneously filling with water. They discover a weirdly intricate structure that goes deep underground, but before they can explore it fully, Mario steps into the wrong pipe and is transported to the Mushroom Kingdom.