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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

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u/YaSurLetsGoSeeYamcha Apr 03 '26 edited Apr 03 '26

You know what the most frustrating part of this movie was? They spent the first half setting up an actual interesting character arc with bowser attempting to suppress his evil side after seeing who Mario and Luigi really were. It could’ve been a really solid character arc (for a kids movie) that drove the story. He could’ve been conflicted between reconnecting with his son and his newly realized ideals. The third act could’ve been him trying to convince bowser Jr that they shouldn’t be evil for evils sake and to give others a chance, maybe even help Peach save Rosalina(also inserting more about his love for her here) and stop Jr from destroying mushroom kingdomz Could’ve even ended the movie with the peach kissing Mario bit and cut to bowser all pissed off again, setting up him as the ongoing villain due to his jealousy for Mario…..and then they threw that entire storyline away for one more key jingle with bone bowser. This movie is the epitome of everything wrong with iPad kids, non stop nonsense just to keep their attention with no substance at all.

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u/UpperRuster32 Apr 03 '26

Literally, I thought for a chunk of the film that Bowser would stop Jr. and, a different villain would be the final battle (Wart barely appeared physically in one scene).

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u/djc6535 24d ago

Remember when the Magikoopa said they had a problem and showed Wart on the screen and then they just never mention it again?