Reviews

Face facts, we all had some form of this game in our lives (i am addressing the video game generation 1980-Present), and there isnt one of us that didnt go nuts when they heard that it was finally gonna happen. Video game movies have now become bad omens, but i think that considering that Mario Bros was one of the first (not to forget the Wizard), it had the most free reign to be different. There were a number of things that i would personally question, had i gotten to critique the film before it was completed (imagine that), like the absense of mushrooms, (aforementioned by another person who has commented on this film), the electric bumper cars, the poorly portrayed Goomba, John Leguizamo, the last name "Mario" (which is troublesome in Mario's (Bob Hoskins)case), and the overuse of snot-like substances. Nevertheless, it is a fun movie that can be enjoyed by virtually anyone who can appreciate the dimension of individual storytelling, a good cast, and video game sound effects.

Its funny how some people try hard to capture images and moments of REAL LIFE in a film. Most try too hard. I can remember watching this film as a kid. I would rent it from the rental store every other week or so, i still dont know how i got started. Although its jokes are pretty bad, the acting is sub-par, and the behavior of every character is overly juvenile for a group of adults, there is something relaxed about the whole movie. The cast is very good, including Keith David as Louis (one of my favs), and a number of other goofy cliqued characters, like the hitmen, the crooked business exec, the uptight leading lady, and the comedic garbage buddies, Carl and James (Sheen and Estevez). I can remember some of the situations ghosting ones i had experienced in my own life. Men at Work proves that movies dont have to sell, or be critically acclaimed to be thoroughly enjoyable.