The Super Mario Bros. Movie was so bad, contrived and uninteresting that I almost stopped watching 30 minutes in, but I persevered. This is an extremely action-packed movie for kids, and that's about all it is. It is little substance that might interest actual adults. The plot is thin as paper, the casting is awful - Charlie Day and Chris Pratt as Italian plumbers ... really?? - and there's no heart or reason to care about any of these characters. As for the casting, comedian Sebastian Maniscalco is the most Italian person in the main cast, and he's relegated to playing a minor character named Spike. As someone who grew up playing Mario Bros in the 80s, it was cool to see the characters on the screen and to hear some of the 80s music. The computer graphics were tight, but by most other metric by which we measure movies, this was a dud and a waste of time unless you're watching it with your kids or unless you're 8-years-old.
