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The worst kid movie ever made was probably 1993’s SUPER MARIO BROTHERS. The film tried to take the beloved video game that millions of kids held close to their hearts and try to modernize and simplify it that it would make sense to adults. The original video game nothing technical is explained; two plumbers are trapped in a fantasy world with killer mushrooms, turtles and dragons. What makes this the worst kid movie ever is that the filmmakers actually implemented technology with the characters; in the game, “Mario” or “Luigi” would touch a magic flower and be able to throw fireballs, in the film the plumbers were equipped with realistic flamethrowers. In addition to that, in the game the plumbers can jump extremely high, but of course in the film version, that had to be explained as well, so the plumbers had mechanical leg braces to make the Olympic athletes. The acting is horrible as the characters are completely miss-cast. Not saying that following people aren’t good actors but with the material given there was just so little they could do. British Bob Hoskins and Puerto Rican John Leguzamo are cast as the Italian plumber brothers and to their credit tried their best to even make the film viewable. But with this kind of a film we needed an over-the-top actor to play the Villain, enter: Dennis Hopper who basically played the same guy in WATERWORLD a couple of years ago. Throw in a lot of colored lights, am extremely expensive set and a ton of pyrotechnics and you have a physical mess on celluloid.  This film is a snooze fest for kids and a gut wrenching punch in the stomach for adults. The result: EVERY kid that loved the original NINTENDO game HATED this movie. This is probably the worst kid movie ever.

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