{"id":507203,"date":"2026-04-01T14:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507203\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:17:09","slug":"the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-draws-mixed-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507203\/","title":{"rendered":"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie draws mixed reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first Mario movie didn’t get much love from critics, with a score of just 59%, based on 288 reviews, on film and TV review website Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n

But audiences loved it, helping to make it the second-biggest film of 2023, just behind the Barbie movie.<\/p>\n

This time, the critical reaction has been around the plot and how it struggles to stay connected throughout the film. <\/p>\n

The Guardian called the film a “bland screensaver of a movie”, external<\/a> and gave it a one star rating, while The Independent gave it a slightly higher two stars but also lamented its “blandness”, external<\/a>. <\/p>\n

One of the biggest complaints about the original movie from fans was the inclusion of various pop and rock songs on the game’s soundtrack.<\/p>\n

Many felt hits from the likes of Beastie Boys, AC\/DC and Bonnie Tyler didn’t fit well with the Mario Universe.<\/p>\n

However, entertainment reporter Jonathan Sim, external<\/a> says Galaxy pulls things back, which allows composer Brian Tyler’s “excellent musical score” to take centre stage. <\/p>\n

Sim adds that the cosmic film is a “gorgeously animated love letter to Mario fans”. <\/p>\n

Gaming content creator Sophie Keen, known online as Cadaea, told BBC Newsbeat that she feels The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a good additional storyline for fans to enjoy. <\/p>\n

“I see it as a nice extra”, says Keen. <\/p>\n

Keen says she actually preferred Galaxy to the first film as it has “loads of funny moments” alongside “cute, wholesome moments”. <\/p>\n

“If you like the first film, you probably will like the second,” she explains. <\/p>\n

“The only thing I really want people to know is that it’s not a perfect 100% adaptation of the game. <\/p>\n

“Don’t expect the exact same plot to come out, just take it as a nice addition to Mario lore.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first Mario movie didn’t get much love from critics, with a score of just 59%, based on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-507203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}