'Rubbish' Super Mario Galaxy Movie Leaves Critics Divided

Princess Peach, voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy, left, and Mario, voiced by Chris Pratt, in a scene from "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

The reviews for the new Super Mario Bros. Movie have been published and… it sounds like the film is anything but a level-up.

While we weren’t exactly expecting the follow-up to the animated video game adaptation to be the next Citizen Kane, it’s worth pointing out that the response to the first film was, at least, somewhat mixed, and it went on to gross more...