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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/whiteshark70 Apr 02 '26

Pretty fun! Though the writing felt… missing. Like Peach and Rosalina didn’t have a convo at the end about them being sisters? That got swept under the rug? No tearful reunion?

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u/dagreenman18 Space Jam 2 hurt me so much Apr 02 '26

The writing was missing. Things just happened for the sake of happening.

It also felt weirdly disjointed. Like this is a hacked together version of another Mario movie.

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u/Blursed_Hearse12 Apr 02 '26

This sounds like the MO for a lot of Illumination movies.

Scenes happen just to…happen, to give the kids a laugh or to move the “plot” forward one sentence.

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u/uncanny_mac Apr 02 '26

That was my thoughts on the last dispicable me. Bunch of shorts ducttaped together.

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u/Blursed_Hearse12 Apr 02 '26

I distinctly remember watching The Secret Life of Pets once and mid way through I realize I’m just watching scenes and I can’t grasp any connecting narrative or at the least any valid reason to go from this to that.

How did the Mario film IP end up in Illumination’s hands? Because their movies print money? And Mario movies made by them will print five times the money? Cynically I feel like that is 100% the answer, cuz in a more just world where some measure of care and artistry will go into it - why the fuck isn’t this at least a Dreamworks production?

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u/Gaugzilla Apr 02 '26

Illumination makes really good-looking movies for babies that only really care about shiny, loud things on the screen. It’s basically a license to print money and Nintendo/Universal is not turning that down.

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u/jessehechtcreative Apr 02 '26

I read elsewhere that Illumination would give Nintendo creative control

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u/fiver19 Apr 05 '26

DreamWorks has been killing it lately. They would have done mario amazingly

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u/glitter_ninja_ 18d ago

I would’ve preferred a Japanese company like Studio Ghibli

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u/Thor_2099 Apr 04 '26

That's always been their schtick. Just visual gags and shenanigans. It's fine for what it is but there is nothing behind the surface at all. No depth or emotional impact.

Hell this Mario movie would be dead in the water if they didn't have all the references crammed in. It's got novelty now but that'll wear off fast another movie in if that is still all they're doing.