Movies based on video games have, until lately, tended to be mixed in quality, trending towards negative, especially since the original live-action Super Mario Bros. One reason is that film characters don’t spend significant time jumping around while collecting power-ups. Animated films based on them have tended to be better, and Illumination’s first film based on the Nintendo mascots’ respective franchise follows that trend, adding a bit to their origin in Brooklyn when they find a pipe to the Mushroom Kingdom, which they attempt to save from the villainous Bowser. The film is no masterpiece, but it beats the live-action adaptation from three decades ago and proves that video game movies have increased in quality.

Film combining computer-generated animals with live-action, about how slacker Fred O'Hare ultimately becomes the first human Easter Bunny, with the role at the film's beginning held by a lapine voiced by Dr. House Hugh Laurie, and his son E.B. is reluctant to succeed him in the role, escaping to Hollywood in hopes he can become a professional drummer, even passing with flying colors an audition hosted by David Hasselhoff. Also has other notable performers such as Simpsons actor Hank Azaria voicing the renegade chick Carlos, along with Big Bang Theory actress Kaley Cuoco. Definitely not a masterpiece, but was in my opinion definitely one of the best Easter films.