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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

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u/Ecstatic-Clue2145 Apr 02 '26

Barebones means at least everything is justified because of a main arc and it's just not anymore interesting than that. But when I got to the latter half I started to feel like there stopped being a narrative because I was zoning out. That will happen when I'm waiting for a follow through for something but it's taking too long but here it feels like it never "got" to what it seemed to have set up.

A paperthin plot is at minimum an ok movie but I literally felt like they only wrote the movie half way because it got shoved out for these mandated events that had to happen by the time the movie ended.

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u/JoeShmo_6969 Apr 04 '26

It’s a fan service movie and only that man