The Wizard

This movie was responsible for selling a whole darn lot of Super Mario Bros. 3s. It's also one of my personal favorites.

Story: Jimmy (Luke Edwards), an emotionally disturbed child, runs away with his half- brother Corey (Fred Savage). Along the way, they find out Jimmy has an amazing talent for video games. So the saga begins...

The Pokéfactor: Zip, zero, nada. This film was released way before Pokémon. But maybe...

The good: Virtually everything about this movie is good. The games, the humor, the jokes, everything.

The bad: A few parts of this movie are annoying, and the caption at one point spells Hyrule as "high rule." There's also quite a bit of foul language in the movie, which is rated PG.

My Score: 3.8

The Final Say: This movie will be pretty hard to find, given how old it is. Perhaps Nintendo could rerelease it on DVD?

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