The story is something you've seen before a million times - the typical hero's journey with all the classic beats, but the movie manages to fit a lot into its short runtime and remain fun throughout. The voice acting ranges from serviceable to good and it elicited a good bit of laughter from the audience. There's a mix of humor that's obviously meant for kids as well as humor targeted towards the parents, and it seemed like all the families in the cinema where I saw it were having a good time.
It crams as much references to different Mario games and sometimes feels like a bit of a whirlwind. It's also way more of an action movie than I was expecting.
Is it deep? No way.
Will kids love it? Yes.
Will manchildren love it? You know it.
I think this one is gonna make a lot of money. It's...