Rotten
The film shows precious little hunger and no sense of game.
David Thomson, The New Republic
The Hunger Games
The world will be watching.
2012 · 2h 22m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Gary Ross
Overview
In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.
Director and cast
- Gary Ross Director
- Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen
- Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark
- Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne
- Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy
- Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket
- Lenny Kravitz as Cinna
- Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman
- Donald Sutherland as President Coriolanus Snow
- Wes Bentley as Seneca Crane
- Paula Malcomson as Katniss' Mother
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Even when two people are just talking calmly, Ross jerks the camera around. Why? As the sense of danger increases, he has nothing to build toward.
David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh
Ross manages to keep the pacing remarkably swift, given that the games themselves don't start until halfway through the 144-minute running time.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
Like the select participants of its savage sport, The Hunger Games stands triumphant, if scarred and a bit wobbly from the contest.
Scott Bowles, USA Today
Fresh
It features a functioning creative imagination and lots of honest-to-goodness acting by its star, Jennifer Lawrence, who brings her usual toughness and emotional transparency to the archer-heroine Katniss.
Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle
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