The Christian Sciene MonitorDirector Gary Ross ("Pleasantville," "Seabiscuit") and screenwriter Billy Ray ("Shattered Glass") – who share the screenplay...
The Movie Picture ShowThe Hunger Games isnt bad enough for me to completely rip it, but it simply wasnt that good and has very little to offer.
Total FilmA faithful adap, a grown-up teen movie and flaming good entertainment. The big test for the franchise lies ahead with the un...
IGN MoviesOverall though, The Hunger Games is a notable accomplishment, delivering on its source material and capturing the core eleme...
New York Daily NewsAs tough-spirited as fans would hope for - and exciting and thought-provoking in a way few adventure dramas ever are.
Salon ArtsThe Hunger Games never really holds together or makes any sense, except as an elementary fairy tale about a young girl's com...
Rolling StoneThe Hunger Games has epic spectacle, yearning romance, suspense that won't quit and a shining star in Jennifer Lawrence.
Washington PostIf the series's legions of fans miss a detail here or a sub-plot there, they'll still recognize its bones and sinew, especia...
The Boston GlobeLike the book, The Hunger Games doesn't end so much as open the door to the next installment; it's frustrating, but you'll p...
Los Angeles TimesIf, as the ads suggest, the whole world will be watching this, viewers will likely be satisfied with what they see.
The Philadelphia InquirerIt smells very much like a movie with money on its mind - not altogether successfully balancing its loftier ideas with a sen...
The New York Times Again and again Katniss rescues herself with resourcefulness, guts and true aim, a combination that makes her insistently wa...
SlateDirector Gary Ross' adaptation, co-scripted by Collins herself, isn't quite as crackingly paced as the novel, but it will mo...
Wall Street JournalThe first book of Suzanne Collins's prodigiously popular trilogy has been brought to the screen with a Jumbotron sensibility...
New York MagazineWatching The Hunger Games, I was struck both by how slickly Ross hit his marks and how many opportunities he was missing to ...
The New YorkerEven when two people are just talking calmly, Ross jerks the camera around. Why? As the sense of danger increases, he has no...
The Sci-Fi BlockEvery bit of it is geared toward strengthening its core story, even if it is not one hundred percent successful all the time.
Film FractureWhile the film is without an original thought or idea, and severely lacking in backstory, the anticipation of what might be ...
Film-BookA film far better than the viewer may be expecting. When compared against Finchers The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, neither ...
ChudThe Hunger Games is a mess, which is a shame because there are plenty of effective elements to it.
San Francisco ChronicleIt features a functioning creative imagination and lots of honest-to-goodness acting by its star, Jennifer Lawrence, who bri...
JobloOverall, this is far, far superior to what I was expecting. Maybe THE HUNGER GAMES is going to be the one young adult franch...
USA TodayThe film's failings aren't entirely its own making. In trying to match the novel's myriad cast, Games paints a raft of chara...
E! OnlineShould you go see The Hunger Games? Please. Like it even matters what we say next. But if you don't happen to be the kind of...
ReelViewsThe Hunger Games comes charging out of the gate with a daunting task: fill the chasm in the fangirl cinematic franchise mach...
Entertainment WeeklyDirector Gary Ross does a tight job of establishing the future-meets-1984 vibe in Panem: the slog of daily life, the hopeles...
Hollywood ReporterJennifer Lawrence is stellar in this faithful, good-enough film version of the massive best-seller.
Chicago Sun-TimesLike many science-fiction stories, “The Hunger Games” portrays a future that we're invited to read as a parable for the pres...
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Partial Film Information
Director: Gary Ross
Writer: Gary Ross
Studio: Lionsgate
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Release: March 23, 2012
Writer: Gary Ross
Studio: Lionsgate
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Release: March 23, 2012
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