Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 3
Its director stated on the record that "it was the challenge of blending the emotional experience of playing a game with the emotional experience of watching a movie, That sort of core approach infor…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "every project we come to, we make new choices depending on who the audience is and what we're going for, We wanted to make something more cinematic and more em…" 2. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 6 of 100 3. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Asian 4.
- 1Creator statementdirector: "It was the challenge of blending the emotional experience of playing a game with the emotional experience of watching a movie. That sort of core approach informed us all throughout."Yahoo Entertainment / GoldDerby, 2023 source ↗
- 2Creator statementdirector: "Every project we come to, we make new choices depending on who the audience is and what we're going for. We wanted to make something more cinematic and more emotional, a faithful adaptation of the ga…"CBR / DiscussingFilm interview, April 2023 source ↗
- 3Content balanceAdvocacy 6 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
- 4RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 100, Asian 0.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.
Age: 11 — strongly youth-oriented
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Advocacy Over Time in Family
The average advocacy score of Family titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 0 | 2 |
| 1944 | 0 | 2 |
| 1951 | 0 | 2 |
| 1959 | 0 | 2 |
| 1965 | 0 | 2 |
| 1969 | 0 | 2 |
| 1973 | 0 | 3 |
| 1974 | 0 | 2 |
| 1975 | 0 | 2 |
| 1977 | 0 | 3 |
| 1981 | 0 | 2 |
| 1982 | 0 | 3 |
| 1983 | 1 | 5 |
| 1984 | 3 | 2 |
| 1985 | 0 | 3 |
| 1986 | 0 | 8 |
| 1987 | 0 | 5 |
| 1988 | 1 | 5 |
| 1989 | 2 | 8 |
| 1990 | 0 | 8 |
| 1991 | 1 | 5 |
| 1992 | 1 | 6 |
| 1993 | 0 | 9 |
| 1994 | 1 | 8 |
| 1995 | 2 | 4 |
| 1996 | 3 | 5 |
| 1997 | 0 | 7 |
| 1998 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000 | 1 | 5 |
| 2001 | 2 | 10 |
| 2002 | 1 | 10 |
| 2003 | 1 | 12 |
| 2004 | 0 | 8 |
| 2005 | 1 | 13 |
| 2006 | 1 | 15 |
| 2007 | 0 | 14 |
| 2008 | 2 | 9 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 |
| 2016 | 8 | 4 |
| 2017 | 12 | 5 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021 | 5 | 6 |
| 2022 | 16 | 6 |
| 2023 | 25 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 6 |
| This title (2023) | 6 | 1 |
● This title (2023): advocacy 6 · explore Family →
Cast & Crew
Etienne Pêcheux (director) · Stephane Hoarau (director)
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