With no space for distraction, it’s clearly vying for relevance in an attention-deficit economy, and one can hardly blame it, given that we are slowly being conditioned to expect entertainment that lasts a minute at most.

It looked quite lovely and is really for little kids -- even more than the first one.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie settles for moments of visual inspiration that replicate the little rushes of opening up new worlds in one of the games, while letting almost every character stagnate into bland affability

It has managed to improve on the original formula in every way thanks to one very specific advantage: it doesn't have to go through the always cumbersome procedures imposed by origin stories.