The Hunger Games

  • Rated PG 13
  • 2hr 22m
  • 68

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Gary Ross

Producer:

Robin Bissell, Suzanne Collins, Nina Jacobson

Writer:

Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray

Release Date:

Mar 23, 2012

Runtime:

2hr 22m

Synopsis

Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister's place to enter the games, and is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy when she's pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives. If she's ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

Cast

  • Stanley Tucci
  • Wes Bentley
  • Jennifer Lawrence
  • Willow Shields
  • Liam Hemsworth
  • Elizabeth Banks
  • Sandra Ellis Lafferty
  • Paula Malcomson
  • Rhoda Griffis
  • Sandino Moya-Smith

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Trivia

  • Emma Roberts, Chloë Grace Moretz, Mary Mouser, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Lyndsy Fonseca, Jodelle Ferland, Saoirse Ronan, Kaya Scodelario, Emily Browning, and Shailene Woodley were considered to play Katniss.
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Goofs

  • During the Reaping, when Katniss yells, "I VOLUNTEER!" her hair is messed up and ruffled, however, when she states "I volunteer as tribute," her hair is combed again.
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Quotes

    • Gale Hawthorne: Listen to me. You're stronger than they are. You are. Get to a bow.
    • Katniss Everdeen: They may not have one...
    • Gale Hawthorne: They will if you show 'em how good you are. They just want a good show. That's all they want. If they don't have a bow, then you make one, okay? You know how to hunt.
    • Katniss Everdeen: Animals.
    • Gale Hawthorne: It's no different, Katniss.
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Based on 49 Critics
7.0

USER SCORE (1915)

Generally favorable reviews based on 1915 Reviews
75
Mar 23, 2012

The Hunger Games' pacing is brisk, its stakes as high as stakes get, and its leading lady engaging enough that the odds - at the box office at least - will be ever in its favor.

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Metacritic review by Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR
85
Mar 20, 2012

There's action here, too, and a great deal of vitality that feels true both to the spirit of Collins' book and to the idea of movie entertainment as it exists.

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Metacritic review by Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Movieline
70
Mar 15, 2012

As she did in her breakthrough film Winter's Bone, Jennifer Lawrence anchors this futuristic and politicized elaboration of The Most Dangerous Game with impressive gravity and presence, while director Gary Ross gets enough of what matters in the book up on the screen to satisfy its legions of fans worldwide.

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Metacritic review by Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
The Hollywood Reporter
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