LogFAQs > #972708078

and yeah I can see why there was a disconnect between critics and audiences. If you were to judge this solely on being a movie, it's below average to mid as fuck. It's a story we've seen a ton of times told better in other flicks than this one, but that's honestly par for the course for Illumination films. With that said, as a person who isn't a Mario fanboy but has casually played the game and associated games from the platforms like the sports and kart games, this movie is fanservice heaven. The amount of references I can see and hear was something else. The voice performance was actually not bad, though the biggest miscast was Lanky Kong. Bowser and his singing were the clear highlights. If I were to judge it on a merit of being a movie it's a 5.5/10, but if I were to judge it as a Mario fan it would honestly be a 8.5/10.