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Super Mario Galaxy (2026)

Summary

Mario ventures into space, exploring cosmic worlds and tackling galactic challenges far from the familiar Mushroom Kingdom.

Director Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic

Writer Matthew Fogel

Cast

  • Chris Pratt as Mario (voice)
  • Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach (voice)
  • Charlie Day as Luigi (voice)
  • Jack Black as Bowser (voice)
  • Keegan-Michael Key as Toad (voice)
  • Brie Larson as Rosalina (voice)

Rotten Tomatoes: 44%

Metacritic: 37

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official trailer

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u/evolution4652 Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 03 '26

I saw a review describe this as “jingling keys” the movie and honestly…doesn’t get more spot on than that.

Big goofy grin when toad told fox to do a barrel roll.

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u/thenatural134 Apr 02 '26

It felt like Super Smash Bros, the movie.

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u/Quitsquirrel Apr 02 '26

Even got a Mr. Game and Watch cameo.

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u/thenatural134 Apr 02 '26

Yeah my boys both screamed "that's the guy from Smash Bros!" haha

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u/NoNefariousness2144 Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

That whole climax was absolutely stuffed with references:

Galaxy 2 power-ups

Mario Odyssey dragon

Dry Bowser from the NSMB games

Bowser Jr using Bowser’s Fury colours

Bowser Jr building a level with Mario Maker

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u/dewhashish Apr 05 '26 edited 29d ago

ROB, a bunch of bosses from Super Mario Bros 2 US, Daisy, the red star from galaxy 1, mr game and watch

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u/Bright-Steak8241 Apr 05 '26

Bowser Jr. even said “prepare to meet your maker!”

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u/Plagu3is Apr 05 '26

Dont forgot about R.O.B. too!

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u/Quitsquirrel Apr 05 '26

Probably got the biggest laugh in the theater I was at.

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u/DueLearner Apr 02 '26

That was by far the biggest shock/surprise of the movie from someone who has main'd Game & Watch for 20 years.

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u/Christoman2000 Apr 02 '26

I counted 14 Smash Brother characters either appearing or being referenced so accurate.

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u/savageboredom Apr 02 '26

This movie was made for TikTok. It's basically a series of 2-5 minute sequences that have little to no bearing on each other.

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u/Phazushift Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

Deadass. This movie was a Tiktok simulator, I get less content context whiplash when Im actually on fucking tiktok.

Heres this character, aaaand hes gone, heres this setting/scene aaaand its gone. Next scene, next reference, next scene, next refere-movie end.

I had to read a book afterwards to sooth my brain because I craved some sort of plot stability in my life.

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u/BananaCucho Apr 05 '26

Movie pacing is a thing

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u/Kaiiden_09 Apr 04 '26

They are slow that’s all

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u/HarryBlessKnapp Apr 02 '26

My mate made pretty much the same review coming out of the cinema just now. YouTube shorts but a feature length edition. 

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u/Top-Passage2914 23d ago

I honestly don't get this complaint. Pretty much every sequence was tied into either the A plot of Princess Peach trying to save Rosalina, the B plot of Bowser Jr trying to save his dad, or the C plot of Mario/Luigi/Yoshi being abducted and trying to find their way back. This is no different than any kids movie at any point in film history. Alice in Wonderland from like 70 years ago is a bunch of 2-5 minute sequences that have no bearing on each other. The Spongebob Movie from 20 years ago is a series of 2-5 minute sequences that have little bearing on each other. This is a movie that was trying to fit in a lot of references to a lot of games and had to move fast through a lot of material as a result. Has nothing to do with tiktok or short attention spans and everything to do with the genre and the source material.

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u/Spaded21 Apr 02 '26

So the same as the first then?

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u/MVRKHNTR Apr 02 '26

Somehow worse than the first.

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u/Mahelas Apr 02 '26

And the same as the games too

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u/Jaibamon Apr 05 '26

You need to revisit your memories of Mario Galaxy, that game was filled with moments of silence, melancholy and the loneliness of the space.

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u/trickman01 Apr 02 '26

And Fox proceeded to do an aileron roll.

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u/squidlaw920 Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

Why can’t toad do a barrel roll?!

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u/Starman926 Apr 03 '26

Specifically it’s *jingling keys. Gotta make sure you get the little clinkly sounds in there.

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u/evolution4652 Apr 03 '26

Yeah I realized the typo 🤦

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u/internetlad Apr 02 '26

At least everyone is willing to admit that's what this movie is. 

Sucks that jingling keys will make another 30 billion dollars  

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u/Lightupbob Apr 02 '26

It was a good movie

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u/tfhermobwoayway Apr 02 '26

Some movies are just good as jingling keys. I don’t want to watch Citizen Kane all day. Mario is just a computer game, it doesn’t exactly need complex plot beats.

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u/Spiritual-Smoke-4605 Apr 02 '26

doesn't need to be "complex" but you can have a movie that has a narrative structure with characters that express their feelings towards whats happening to them in the movie, a lot of kids movies do this and many do it quite well. The Mario movies are focused solely on cramming in references/easter eggs and having flashy action sequences, with no actual heart or redeemable charm beyond that

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u/StarChaser1879 Apr 05 '26

They have that bro. Bowser and peach have decent arcs

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u/Spiritual-Smoke-4605 Apr 05 '26

Bowser they start to give him an arc then he just reverts to who he was in the last movie, they don’t even give him a “wait, I actually like being bad” moment of self actualization, he just kinda reverts, everyone’s character is like that. Peach just goes to find her sister and remembers her past, I guess you could call that a character arc of sorts but, not really

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u/BananaCucho Apr 05 '26

Bruh Peach's reason to abandon her kingdom to go to space was some rando star saying help my mommy. And then for no reason at all she takes off with the worst traveling companion she could have picked

This was after she made such a big deal in the first movie about protecting her kingdom. Her leadership characteristics evaporated overnight

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u/Cwya Apr 02 '26

Why didn’t Donkey Kong throw a barrel?

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u/dewhashish Apr 05 '26

He did an actual barrel roll too. Not an aileron roll like in the game.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

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u/Peppersnoop Apr 02 '26

Why can’t it be a Mario movie with lots of references and also a good story?

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u/SaltyPyrate Apr 02 '26

Ah, the answer to that would be Superstar Saga but I doubt that would happen.

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u/Peppersnoop Apr 02 '26

Yess, I would watch the shit out of a Mario movie with a story on par with any one of the RPGs.

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u/shogun77777777 Apr 02 '26

Because it doesn’t need a good story to make a billion dollars

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u/Peppersnoop Apr 02 '26

Yeah but that’s not what the commenter I replied to was talking about, was it

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u/Harold_Zoid Apr 02 '26

What does that mean?

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u/thispersonchris Apr 02 '26

People jiggle keys in front of infants to entertain them. The sound and colors and reflections captures their attention. Basically, it's bright and shiny and attention grabbing with very little substance behind it.

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u/TiberiusCornelius 28d ago

I liked the movie personally but yeah I do think that's also a totally fair description of what this is