The casting was excellent. The casting of Pratt as Mario was controversial, but he performed the role extremely well. Jack Black as Bowser is the best choice the directors could have selected for Bowser. Black was able to bring his joyful but cartoonishly evil voice to the villain.The film flips the typical narrative of Mario – where Mario and Luigi rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. In the film, Mario’s motivation is to save his brother with the help of Peach.

During Mario’s training montage, the film accurately expresses the frustration of playing the original Mario games, once you get past a new challenge it is likely to immediately die due to a small mistake.Beyond the references and excellent use of music, the film does not do anything spectacular with its animation or writing. Although the roles for Luigi and Peach have been flipped, this is only used to provide Mario with a mentor in the unfamiliar world he finds himself in.