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==Reception==
==Reception==
===Critical response===
===Critical response===
''The Hunger Games'' received generally positive reviews from critics. Based on 220 reviews collected by [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an 85% "Certified Fresh" rating and an average score of 7.3/10. The film earned an 82% score from 'Top Critics'. The site's consensus reads "Thrilling and superbly acted, ''The Hunger Games'' captures the dramatic violence, raw emotion, and ambitious scope of its source novel".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hunger_games/ | title=The Hunger Games | publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | accessdate=March 25, 2012 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a 68, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on reviews from 43 critics.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-hunger-games/ | title=The Hunger Games | publisher=[[Metacritic]] | accessdate=March 17, 2012 }}</ref>
''The Hunger Games'' received generally positive reviews from critics. Based on 220 reviews collected by [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an 85% "Certified Fresh" rating and an average score of 7.3/10. The film earned an 82% score from 'Top Critics'. The site's consensus reads "Thrilling and superbly acted, ''The Hunger Games'' captures the dramatic violence, raw emotion, and ambitious scope of its source novel".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hunger_games/ | title=The Hunger Games | publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | accessdate=March 25, 2012 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a 68 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on reviews from 43 critics.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-hunger-games/ | title=The Hunger Games | publisher=[[Metacritic]] | accessdate=March 17, 2012 }}</ref>


Many critics have praised Jennifer Lawrence for her portrayal as Katniss Everdeen. According to ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', she embodies Katniss, "just as one might imagine her from the novel".<ref name=Telegraph /> ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine said "Lawrence is perfect as Katniss, there's very little softness about her, more a melancholy determination that good must be done even if that requires bad things."<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news | last=Johnson | first=Neala | date=March 19, 2012 | url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/the-hunger-games-wows-the-critics/story-e6frewyr-1226304170380 | title=The Hunger Games wows the critics | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | accessdate=March 21, 2012 }}</ref>
Many critics have praised Jennifer Lawrence for her portrayal as Katniss Everdeen. According to ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', she embodies Katniss, "just as one might imagine her from the novel".<ref name=Telegraph /> ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine said "Lawrence is perfect as Katniss, there's very little softness about her, more a melancholy determination that good must be done even if that requires bad things."<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news | last=Johnson | first=Neala | date=March 19, 2012 | url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/the-hunger-games-wows-the-critics/story-e6frewyr-1226304170380 | title=The Hunger Games wows the critics | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | accessdate=March 21, 2012 }}</ref> Several critics have reviewed the film favourably compared to other [[young-adult fiction]] adaptations such as ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' and ''[[The Twilight Saga (film series)|Twilight]]''. Justin Craig of ''[[Fox News]]'' rated the film as "Excellent" and stated, "Move over Harry Potter. A darker, more mature franchise has come to claim your throne."<ref>{{cite web|last=Craig|first=Justin|title=REVIEW: Excellent 'Hunger Games' poised to claim 'Harry Potter' franchise throne|url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/03/21/review-excellent-hunger-games-poised-to-claim-harry-potter-franchise-throne/?intcmp=spotlight|work=[[Fox News]]|accessdate=26 March 2012|date=March 21, 2012}}</ref> Rafer Guzman of ''[[Newsday]]'' referred to ''The Hunger Games'' as being "darker than <nowiki>'</nowiki>''Harry Potter'',' more sophisticated than <nowiki>'</nowiki>''Twilight''<nowiki>'</nowiki>."<ref>{{cite web|last=Rafer|first=Guzman|title=Review: 'The Hunger Games' darker than 'Harry Potter,' more sophisticated than 'Twilight'|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/review-the-hunger-games-darker-than-harry-potter-more-sophisticated-than-twilight-1.3613919|work=[[Newsday]]|accessdate=26 March 2012|date=March 20, 2012}}</ref> David Sexton of ''[[The Evening Standard]]'' stated that ''The Hunger Games'' "is well cast and pretty well acted, certainly when compared to ''Harry Potter''’s juvenile leads."<ref name="sexton_hunger"/>


[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film three stars out of four, stating that "The Hunger Games" is an effective entertainment, and Jennifer Lawrence is strong and convincing in the central role. But the film leapfrogs obvious questions in its path, and avoids the opportunities sci-fi provides for social criticism; compare its world with the dystopias in "[[Gattaca]]" or "[[The Truman Show]]." He thinks that Director Gary Ross and his writers (including the series' author, [[Suzanne Collins]]) obviously think their audience wants to see lots of hunting-and-survival scenes, and has no interest in people talking about how a cruel class system is using them. He also found the movie too long and deliberate as it negotiated the outskirts of its moral issues.<ref>{{cite news | last=Ebert | first=Roger | authorlink=Roger Ebert | date=March 20, 2012 | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120320/REVIEWS/120319986 | title=The Hunger Games | accessdate=March 24, 2012 | work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] }}</ref>
[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film three stars out of four, stating that "The Hunger Games" is an effective entertainment, and Jennifer Lawrence is strong and convincing in the central role. But the film leapfrogs obvious questions in its path, and avoids the opportunities sci-fi provides for social criticism; compare its world with the dystopias in "[[Gattaca]]" or "[[The Truman Show]]." He thinks that Director Gary Ross and his writers (including the series' author, [[Suzanne Collins]]) obviously think their audience wants to see lots of hunting-and-survival scenes, and has no interest in people talking about how a cruel class system is using them. He also found the movie too long and deliberate as it negotiated the outskirts of its moral issues.<ref>{{cite news | last=Ebert | first=Roger | authorlink=Roger Ebert | date=March 20, 2012 | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120320/REVIEWS/120319986 | title=The Hunger Games | accessdate=March 24, 2012 | work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] }}</ref>
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Eric Goldman of [[IGN]] awarded the film four out of five stars, stating that director Gary Ross "gets the tone of The Hunger Games right. This is a grounded, thoughtful and sometimes quite emotional film, with its dark scenario given due weight. Ross doesn't give the film a glossy, romanticized 'Hollywood' feel, but rather plays everything very realistically and stark, as Katniss must endure these outrageous and horrible scenarios." The film received some criticism for its [[Shaky camera|shaky camera]] style, but it was said to "add to the film in certain ways." Both Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson were praised for their portrayals as Katniss and Peeta, and Goldman also drew attention to the role reversal of sorts between the male and female leads, as well as the fact that Lawrence is taller than Hutcherson, which is rare in such films. Katniss is seen as more of a "classic hero figure" and Peeta is the one who needs to be protected. Ross was criticized due to his lack of experience with action films, but in general, Goldman felt that viewers would enjoy the film regardless of whether they had read the book.<ref>{{cite web | last=Goldman | first=Eric | date=March 16, 2012 | url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/122/1220408p1.html | title=The Hunger Games Review | publisher=IGN | accessdate=March 21, 2012 }}</ref>
Eric Goldman of [[IGN]] awarded the film four out of five stars, stating that director Gary Ross "gets the tone of The Hunger Games right. This is a grounded, thoughtful and sometimes quite emotional film, with its dark scenario given due weight. Ross doesn't give the film a glossy, romanticized 'Hollywood' feel, but rather plays everything very realistically and stark, as Katniss must endure these outrageous and horrible scenarios." The film received some criticism for its [[Shaky camera|shaky camera]] style, but it was said to "add to the film in certain ways." Both Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson were praised for their portrayals as Katniss and Peeta, and Goldman also drew attention to the role reversal of sorts between the male and female leads, as well as the fact that Lawrence is taller than Hutcherson, which is rare in such films. Katniss is seen as more of a "classic hero figure" and Peeta is the one who needs to be protected. Ross was criticized due to his lack of experience with action films, but in general, Goldman felt that viewers would enjoy the film regardless of whether they had read the book.<ref>{{cite web | last=Goldman | first=Eric | date=March 16, 2012 | url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/122/1220408p1.html | title=The Hunger Games Review | publisher=IGN | accessdate=March 21, 2012 }}</ref>


Charles McGrath, writing for ''[[The New York Times]]'', said that the film will remind viewers of the television series ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]'', a little of ''[[The Bachelorette]]'', and of the short story "[[The Lottery]]" by [[Shirley Jackson]] published in 1948 by ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>{{cite news | title=Teenage Wastelands | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/magazine/20FOB-WWLN-t.html | author=McGrath, Charles | work=[[The New York Times]] | date = February 19, 2011 | accessdate=March 23, 2012 }}</ref> David Sexton of ''[[The Evening Standard]]'' criticized ''The Hunger Games'' for its similarities to [[Kinji Fukasaku]]'s controversial [[Cinema of Japan|Japanese film]] ''[[Battle Royale (film)|Battle Royale]]'',<ref>{{cite web|author=Sexton|first=David|title=The Hunger Games - review|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/film/the-hunger-games--review-7582928.html|work=[[Evening Standard]]|accessdate=25 March 2012|date=23 March 2012}}</ref> as did several other critics;<ref>{{cite web|last=Yang|first=Jeff|title='Hunger Games' Vs. 'Battle Royale'|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/03/23/the-hunger-games-vs-battle-royale/|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|accessdate=24 March 2012|date=March 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Poland|first=David|title=Review: The Hunger Games|url=http://moviecitynews.com/2012/03/review-the-hunger-games/|publisher=Movie City News|accessdate=24 March 2012|date=March 20, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=James|title=The Hunger Games Review|url=http://www.gossip-monthly.com/movies/332-the-hunger-games-review|work=Gossip Monthly|accessdate=25 March 2012|date=25 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Velez|first=Diva|title=The Hunger Games|url=http://www.thedivareview.com/The_Hunger_Games_Movie_Review.html|publisher=The Diva Review|accessdate=26 March 2012|date=March 22, 2012}}</ref> the novel had earlier faced similar criticisms for its similarities to [[Koushun Takami]]'s [[Battle Royale|''Battle Royale'' novel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/magazine/mag-10collins-t.html?pagewanted=all|title=Suzanne Collins's War Stories for Kids|date=April 8, 2011|work=The New York Times|accessdate=November 14, 2011}}</ref> Others have also cited ''Battle Royale'' and "The Lottery", including [[Wheeler Winston Dixon]], a film professor at the [[University of Nebraska-Lincoln]], who also listed other precedents: [[William Golding]]'s ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'', ''[[Metropolis (film)|Metropolis]]'', ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[Death Race 2000]]'', and [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.<ref>{{cite web | author=Winston Dixon, Wheeler | date=March 2, 2012 | title=The Hunger Games | url=http://blog.unl.edu/dixon/tag/shirley-jackson/ | publisher=University of Nebraska-Lincoln | accessdate=March 23, 2012 }}</ref> [[Manohla Dargis]] wrote in ''The New York Times'' that "again and again Katniss rescues herself with resourcefulness, guts and true aim, a combination that makes her insistently watchable."<ref>{{cite news | url = http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/movies/the-hunger-games-movie-adapts-the-suzanne-collins-novel.html | date = March 22, 2012 | title = Tested by a Picturesque Dystopia | author = Manohla Dargis | authorlink = Manohla Dargis | work = [[The New York Times]] | accessdate = March 23, 2012 }}</ref>
Charles McGrath, writing for ''[[The New York Times]]'', said that the film will remind viewers of the television series ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]'', a little of ''[[The Bachelorette]]'', and of the short story "[[The Lottery]]" by [[Shirley Jackson]] published in 1948 by ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>{{cite news | title=Teenage Wastelands | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/magazine/20FOB-WWLN-t.html | author=McGrath, Charles | work=[[The New York Times]] | date = February 19, 2011 | accessdate=March 23, 2012 }}</ref> David Sexton of ''[[The Evening Standard]]'' criticized ''The Hunger Games'' for its similarities to [[Kinji Fukasaku]]'s [[Cinema of Japan|Japanese film]] ''[[Battle Royale (film)|Battle Royale]]'', which he compared to unfavourably,<ref name="sexton_hunger">{{cite web|author=Sexton|first=David|title=The Hunger Games - review|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/film/the-hunger-games--review-7582928.html|work=[[Evening Standard]]|accessdate=25 March 2012|date=23 March 2012}}</ref> as did several other critics;<ref>{{cite web|last=Yang|first=Jeff|title='Hunger Games' Vs. 'Battle Royale'|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/03/23/the-hunger-games-vs-battle-royale/|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|accessdate=24 March 2012|date=March 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Poland|first=David|title=Review: The Hunger Games|url=http://moviecitynews.com/2012/03/review-the-hunger-games/|publisher=Movie City News|accessdate=24 March 2012|date=March 20, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=James|title=The Hunger Games Review|url=http://www.gossip-monthly.com/movies/332-the-hunger-games-review|work=Gossip Monthly|accessdate=25 March 2012|date=25 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Velez|first=Diva|title=The Hunger Games|url=http://www.thedivareview.com/The_Hunger_Games_Movie_Review.html|publisher=The Diva Review|accessdate=26 March 2012|date=March 22, 2012}}</ref> the novel had earlier faced similar criticisms for its similarities to [[Koushun Takami]]'s [[Battle Royale|''Battle Royale'' novel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/magazine/mag-10collins-t.html?pagewanted=all|title=Suzanne Collins's War Stories for Kids|date=April 8, 2011|work=The New York Times|accessdate=November 14, 2011}}</ref> Others have also cited ''Battle Royale'' and "The Lottery", including [[Wheeler Winston Dixon]], a film professor at the [[University of Nebraska-Lincoln]], who also listed other precedents: [[William Golding]]'s ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'', ''[[Metropolis (film)|Metropolis]]'', ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[Death Race 2000]]'', and [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.<ref>{{cite web | author=Winston Dixon, Wheeler | date=March 2, 2012 | title=The Hunger Games | url=http://blog.unl.edu/dixon/tag/shirley-jackson/ | publisher=University of Nebraska-Lincoln | accessdate=March 23, 2012 }}</ref> [[Manohla Dargis]] in ''The New York Times'' also compares it to ''Battle Royale'' as well as ''[[Ender's Game]]'' and ''Twilight'', but praises ''The Hunger Games'' for its "exciting" female protagonist Katniss, who "doesn’t need saving, even if she’s at an age when, most movies still insist, women go weak at the knees and whimper and weep while waiting to be saved. Again and again Katniss rescues herself with resourcefulness, guts and true aim, a combination that makes her insistently watchable."<ref>{{cite news | url = http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/movies/the-hunger-games-movie-adapts-the-suzanne-collins-novel.html | date = March 22, 2012 | title = Tested by a Picturesque Dystopia | author = Manohla Dargis | authorlink = Manohla Dargis | work = [[The New York Times]] | accessdate = March 23, 2012 }}</ref>


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The Hunger Games
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGary Ross
Screenplay by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTom Stern
Edited by
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate
Release dates
  • March 21, 2012 (2012-03-21) (Belgium, France,
    Netherlands, Philippines)
  • March 23, 2012 (2012-03-23) (United States)
Running time
142 minutes[1][2]
CountryTemplate:Film US
LanguageEnglish
Budget$78 million[3]
Box office$214,250,000[4]

The Hunger Games is a 2012 American dystopian, science fiction, action-drama film directed by Gary Ross and based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins. It stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, and Elizabeth Banks.[5] It was released on March 21, 2012 in France and other countries[6] and internationally on March 23, 2012[7] in both conventional theaters and digital IMAX theaters.[8] It had the third best opening weekend box office sales of any movie.[9]

Plot

The nation of Panem has risen out of the war, disaster and the ravaged ruins of what was once known as North America. 74 years ago, the thirteen poverty-stricken districts of Panem rebelled against the wealthy, controlling Capitol. After its crushing victory, the Capitol devised the Hunger Games as an annual reminder to the twelve remaining districts of its authority, and as continuing punishment for the rebellion. Every year, each District must hold a raffle (known as the "reaping") to choose one boy and one girl (ranging from age 12–18) to participate in the Hunger Games, a competition in which each of the twenty-four contestants (known as the "tributes") fight to the death in a televised arena until only one is left alive.

In District 12, an impoverished but coal-rich region of Panem, sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) cares for her mother (Paula Malcomson) and her sister Primrose "Prim" (Willow Shields), since her father died in a mining accident. Katniss often hunts illegally outside the boundary fences of District 12 with her friend Gale (Liam Hemsworth). She uses traps, snares, and a bow-and-arrow to kill her prey for food and trade with other residents.

Prim, now age 12, has her name placed in the reaping for the first time and despite the odds, it is drawn. Katniss volunteers as tribute to replace her sister in the Hunger Games. She competes against other tributes, including a baker's son named Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), the male tribute from District 12.

Before the 74th annual Hunger Games begin, she is given a stylist named Cinna (Lenny Kravitz) and an eccentric Capitol escort named Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) to help her make a good impression with potential sponsors. The tributes get to live in a lavish Capitol building, where they are open to luxury. Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson), a drunkard and the only victor from District 12, mentors Katniss and Peeta before and during the Hunger Games. Katniss has a recurring memory of Peeta giving her a half-burnt loaf of bread from the back of the bakery, at a time when her family had nothing to eat and was on the brink of starvation. Katniss realizes that she may have to kill Peeta in the arena, but feels that she must help him survive as long as she can. During a televised interview before the Games, Peeta states that he has secretly had a romantic interest in Katniss since childhood, leaving Katniss responding in anger. Haymitch comes up with the idea to have Katniss and Peeta act as a loving couple in the arena to get sympathy from the audience and gain sponsors. Haymitch also informs Katniss to resist the urge to run toward the weapons laid out for the tributes as soon as the games begin as it will only lead to bloodshed. He tells her instead to head to higher ground and search for water, as it will serve as her only friend during the games.

When the games begin, the majority of the tributes make a mad dash to the "Cornucopia," a depository of food and equipment, where twelve are instantaneously killed by the other tributes. After a tribute is killed, a loud cannon sounds to signal his or her death. Katniss flees into the forest and loses track of Peeta but not before picking up a backpack full of equipment. On the first night, Katniss hides in a tree and witnesses a tribute being killed by a gang of competitors (known as "Careers") led by Districts 1 and 2, which includes Peeta. When Katniss unwittingly walks towards the edge of the arena, she is turned back by a firestorm, which draws attention to her location. The Careers see Katniss and chase her until she finds herself holed-up in a tree. After several unsuccessful attempts to kill her, Peeta suggests that they wait her out, intending to give her a chance to escape. That night, Katniss is alerted to a beeping sound in the sky and sees a cylinder attached to a parachute coming towards her. She opens the cylinder and reads a message from Haymitch telling her to tend to her severely injured leg using a healing salve inside the cylinder. The next morning, she awakens to find that her injured leg had completely healed overnight. While the gang is still asleep, Katniss is alerted to Rue, the female tribute from District 11, who points out to her a nest of "tracker jackers," a genetically altered breed of wasps, the sting of which causes extreme pain, hallucinations and sometimes death. Katniss detaches the nest from the tree where it lands on the group below, killing Glimmer, the District 1 female tribute, giving Katniss access to her bow and arrows; however, Katniss has also been stung, hallucinates, and blacks out.

When Katniss awakens, she learns that Rue had nursed her for two days. They become allies and decide to conduct a raid on the Cornucopia to destroy the Career group's food supply. When Katniss successfully destroys their supply, she finds Rue trapped in a net and frees her. Rue is killed by Marvel, the District 1 tribute, who sprang the trap, and Katniss kills him in return. The televised death of Rue, the youngest competitor (in which Katniss covers her body with flowers and gives a salute to the camera), leads to an uprising in District 11. To sedate the rioting, the gamemaker, Seneca Crane, agrees with Haymitch to allow the survival of two players from the same district, in the belief that it will give the masses something to look forward to. Katniss meanwhile seeks out Peeta, severely wounded by a sword, and nurses him back to health, when he declares his love for her. It is announced that something each of the living tributes desperately needs has been left at the Cornucopia. Katniss sees this as a way to get Peeta the medicine he needs. Peeta argues, saying Katniss doesn't need to risk her life around the other tributes, for him, but Katniss insists she has to. When Peeta asks why, Katniss kisses him, but he still persuades her to stay. Even though she agreed to stay, Katniss sneaks to get the package when Peeta falls asleep. When recovering the medicine, she is nearly killed by Clove from District 2 but is saved by Thresh of District 11 as a sign of gratitude for helping Rue. Upon Peeta's recovery, he and Katniss go out scouting and discover the dead body of the girl from District 5, nicknamed Foxface, who ate "nightlock," a type of poisonous berry. Katniss and Peeta take the berries in the hopes of tricking District 2's Cato into eating them.

That night, carnivorous and aggressive wild animals known as a "muttations" or "mutts," are released into the arena to intensify the games, killing Thresh, making the only surviving players Katniss, Peeta, and Cato. Katniss and Peeta are chased by three Mutts to the Cornucopia, where they encounter Cato. After a brief but deadly fight, Cato holds Peeta by the neck, and Katniss notches an arrow at him. Cato confesses that he regrets the fact that his only skill in life is his ability to kill; nevertheless, he would not give up in honor of District 2. Katniss fires an arrow at Cato's hand, and he releases Peeta, falling to the animals below. As they devour him, Cato whispers, "Please," to Katniss, and she fires an arrow into his chest to end his suffering. When Katniss and Peeta climb down from the Cornucopia, the voice over the loudspeaker declares that the rule change that allowed two players of the same district to survive has been revoked, and one of them must die. Unable to kill each other, Katniss comes up with a plan to force the games to allow both to win. Knowing that failure to produce a definite winner would defeat the purpose of the games and increase the possibility of an uprising, Katniss convinces Peeta to feign an attempt at suicide by eating the nightlock berries. But before they can eat the berries, the announcer declares that Katniss and Peeta are the winners of 74th annual Hunger Games.

President Snow tells Seneca Crane to come to a special room escorted by Peacekeepers. In the room is a bowl filled with nightlock. Seneca realizes too late what is supposed to happen, and the doors are locked behind him, leaving him with no escape. Katniss and Peeta return home as heroes, but despite the declaration of two winners, a rebellion is continuing to take place. President Snow sees the celebration from his headquarters and is visibly not pleased to have two victors of the Games. Snow proceeds to exit his headquarters pondering his next move before the movie cuts to credits.

Cast

See also: List of The Hunger Games characters

Lionsgate confirmed in March 2011, that about 30 actresses either met or read for the role of Katniss, including Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Emma Roberts, Saoirse Ronan, Chloë Moretz, Lyndsy Fonseca, Emily Browning, Shailene Woodley and Kaya Scodelario.[3][20] On March 16, 2011, it was announced that Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence of the indie film Winter's Bone landed the coveted role.[21] Though Lawrence was 20, four years older than the character,[22] author Suzanne Collins said that the actress who plays Katniss has to have "a certain maturity and power" and said she would rather the actress be older than younger.[23] Collins states that Lawrence was the "only one who truly captured the character I wrote in the book" and that she had "every essential quality necessary to play Katniss."[24] Lawrence, a fan of the books, took three days to accept the role.[3] Lawrence was initially intimidated by the size of the movie and what it may mean for her fame.[3][25]

According to The Hollywood Reporter, contenders for the role of Peeta other than Hutcherson included Alexander Ludwig (who was later cast as Cato), Hunter Parrish, Lucas Till, and Evan Peters.[26] Other actors considered for the role of Gale included David Henrie, Drew Roy, and Robbie Amell.[26] In April 2011, John C. Reilly was in talks with Lions Gate Entertainment to portray Haymitch Abernathy, former victor of a Hunger Games held years before and mentor to Katniss and Peeta.[27] The following month Lionsgate announced that the role went to Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson.[12]

Production

Jennifer Lawrence was ultimately cast as Katniss, and dyed her hair brown for the part.

Lions Gate Entertainment acquired worldwide distribution rights in March 2009 with Nina Jacobson's production company Color Force.[28][29] Collins adapted the novel for film herself,[29] and her script was revised by screenwriter Billy Ray.[30] Collins anticipated the film to have a PG-13 rating.[31] Alli Shearmur, Lionsgate President of Motion Picture Production, and Jim Miller, Lionsgate Senior Vice President of Motion Picture Production, are in charge of overseeing the production of the movie. Shearmur said:

"The Hunger Games is an incredible property and it is a thrill to bring it home to Lionsgate. This is exactly the kind of movie I came to Lionsgate to make: youthful, exciting, smart and edgy. We are looking forward to working with Nina and Suzanne to create a movie that satisfies audiences' hunger for high-quality entertainment."[32]

Gary Ross became the director in November 2010.[33][34] Fireman's Fund Insurance Company insured the production, but as part of the underwriting process insisted on a thorough risk analysis of hazards as diverse as wayward arrows, poison ivy, bears, bugs, and a chase across fast-running water.[35]

With an initial budget of $75 million,[36] principal photography began near Brevard in Transylvania County, North Carolina in Western North Carolina in May 2011[37] and concluded on September 15, 2011, with a final budget reported as between $90 and $100 million, reduced to $78 million after subsidies.[1][3] Director Steven Soderbergh served as a second unit director.[38]

Lawrence dyed her blonde hair brown for the part of Katniss.[39] She also underwent extensive training to get in shape for the role, including archery, rock and tree climbing, combat, running, parkour, and yoga,[40] and experienced an accident on the last day of her six week training phase, in which she hit a wall while running at full speed, but was not seriously injured. Other stars that dyed their hair for the movie include Josh Hutcherson as Peeta, and Liam Hemsworth as Gale. [3] Lionsgate hired archer (and Olympic bronze medalist) Khatuna Lorig to teach Lawrence how to shoot.[35]

The film has been rated 12A by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) in the UK for "intense threat, moderate violence and occasional gory moments".[2] To achieve that rating, Lionsgate had to cut or substitute seven seconds of film by "digitally removing blood splashes and the sight of blood on wounds and weapons".[41] In the United States, the movie was granted a PG-13 rating for violence from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).[42]

Music

Soundtrack

Main article: The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond

The soundtrack for the The Hunger Games contains songs inspired by the film; only three of them appear in the film itself, during the closing credits.[43] The first single from the film's companion album, "Safe & Sound" by Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars, was released on December 23, 2011.[44] It reached number one on the iTunes overall charts in 12 hours.[citation needed] The music video for "Safe & Sound" was released on February 13, 2012. Along with separate songs from Swift and The Civil Wars, the soundtrack also features songs by The Decemberists, Arcade Fire, The Secret Sisters, Miranda Lambert featuring The Pistol Annies,[45] Neko Case,[46] Kid Cudi[45] Academy Award winner Glen Hansard,[45] The Low Anthem,[45] Punch Brothers,[45] Birdy,[45] Maroon 5, Jayme Dee,[45] and Carolina Chocolate Drops.[45] The soundtrack was released on March 20, 2012.[47] The soundtrack track list was revealed on iTunes on February 13, 2012, and on the 14th "One Engine" was released as the second single. Jennifer Lawrence singing "Rue's Lullaby" will be available as a bonus download on March 27.

Score

Lionsgate originally announced that Danny Elfman and T-Bone Burnett would score The Hunger Games, with Burnett also acting as the film's executive music producer to produce songs for the soundtrack.[48] However, due to scheduling conflicts, Elfman was later replaced by James Newton Howard.[49] The score album will be released on March 26, 2012.[50]

Reception

Critical response

The Hunger Games received generally positive reviews from critics. Based on 220 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an 85% "Certified Fresh" rating and an average score of 7.3/10. The film earned an 82% score from 'Top Critics'. The site's consensus reads "Thrilling and superbly acted, The Hunger Games captures the dramatic violence, raw emotion, and ambitious scope of its source novel".[51] On Metacritic, the film has a 68 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on reviews from 43 critics.[52]

Many critics have praised Jennifer Lawrence for her portrayal as Katniss Everdeen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, she embodies Katniss, "just as one might imagine her from the novel".[53] Empire magazine said "Lawrence is perfect as Katniss, there's very little softness about her, more a melancholy determination that good must be done even if that requires bad things."[53] Several critics have reviewed the film favourably compared to other young-adult fiction adaptations such as Harry Potter and Twilight. Justin Craig of Fox News rated the film as "Excellent" and stated, "Move over Harry Potter. A darker, more mature franchise has come to claim your throne."[54] Rafer Guzman of Newsday referred to The Hunger Games as being "darker than 'Harry Potter,' more sophisticated than 'Twilight'."[55] David Sexton of The Evening Standard stated that The Hunger Games "is well cast and pretty well acted, certainly when compared to Harry Potter’s juvenile leads."[56]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four, stating that "The Hunger Games" is an effective entertainment, and Jennifer Lawrence is strong and convincing in the central role. But the film leapfrogs obvious questions in its path, and avoids the opportunities sci-fi provides for social criticism; compare its world with the dystopias in "Gattaca" or "The Truman Show." He thinks that Director Gary Ross and his writers (including the series' author, Suzanne Collins) obviously think their audience wants to see lots of hunting-and-survival scenes, and has no interest in people talking about how a cruel class system is using them. He also found the movie too long and deliberate as it negotiated the outskirts of its moral issues.[57]

Simon Reynolds of Digital Spy gave the film four stars out of five, calling it "enthralling from beginning to end, science fiction that has depth and intelligence to match its pulse-racing entertainment value". Reynolds also spoke highly of Lawrence's performance and director Gary Ross, whose "rough and ready handheld camerawork" meant that viewers were "with Katniss for every blood-flecked moment of her ordeal in the combat arena".[58]

Eric Goldman of IGN awarded the film four out of five stars, stating that director Gary Ross "gets the tone of The Hunger Games right. This is a grounded, thoughtful and sometimes quite emotional film, with its dark scenario given due weight. Ross doesn't give the film a glossy, romanticized 'Hollywood' feel, but rather plays everything very realistically and stark, as Katniss must endure these outrageous and horrible scenarios." The film received some criticism for its shaky camera style, but it was said to "add to the film in certain ways." Both Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson were praised for their portrayals as Katniss and Peeta, and Goldman also drew attention to the role reversal of sorts between the male and female leads, as well as the fact that Lawrence is taller than Hutcherson, which is rare in such films. Katniss is seen as more of a "classic hero figure" and Peeta is the one who needs to be protected. Ross was criticized due to his lack of experience with action films, but in general, Goldman felt that viewers would enjoy the film regardless of whether they had read the book.[59]

Charles McGrath, writing for The New York Times, said that the film will remind viewers of the television series Survivor, a little of The Bachelorette, and of the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson published in 1948 by The New Yorker.[60] David Sexton of The Evening Standard criticized The Hunger Games for its similarities to Kinji Fukasaku's Japanese film Battle Royale, which he compared to unfavourably,[56] as did several other critics;[61][62][63][64] the novel had earlier faced similar criticisms for its similarities to Koushun Takami's Battle Royale novel.[65] Others have also cited Battle Royale and "The Lottery", including Wheeler Winston Dixon, a film professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who also listed other precedents: William Golding's Lord of the Flies, Metropolis, Blade Runner, Death Race 2000, and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.[66] Manohla Dargis in The New York Times also compares it to Battle Royale as well as Ender's Game and Twilight, but praises The Hunger Games for its "exciting" female protagonist Katniss, who "doesn’t need saving, even if she’s at an age when, most movies still insist, women go weak at the knees and whimper and weep while waiting to be saved. Again and again Katniss rescues herself with resourcefulness, guts and true aim, a combination that makes her insistently watchable."[67]

Box office

On March 22, 2012, The Hunger Games broke records for advanced ticket sales on Fandango. The sales were reported to be 83 percent of the site's totals, toppling the previous record-holder, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which set a record on May 14, 2010.[68] In the week leading up to its release, the film sold-out 4,300 showings via Fandango and MovieTickets.com[69] The film earned $19.7 million in midnight showings, which was the highest midnight gross ever for a non-sequel film and the seventh highest midnight gross of all-time.[70] It also set a record for the highest single day gross for a non-sequel film, breaking Alice in Wonderland's record ($40.8 million), and fifth all-time single day gross.[71] On its opening weekend, it earned $155 million, topping Alice in Wonderland's records ($116.1 million) for the highest weekend debut of a film released in March, of a non-sequel, and of any spring release.[72][73][74] The film also earned a $59.25 million debut internationally.[75] Its domestic opening weekend was the largest for any film released outside July, of a non-sequel, and the third-largest opening weekend of all time behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 ($169.2 million) and The Dark Knight ($158.4 million).[76]

Accolades

Award Category Result Recipient Source
NewNowNext Awards 2012 Next Mega Star Pending Josh Hutcherson [77]

Sequels

On August 8, 2011, while still shooting the film, Lionsgate announced that a film adaptation of the second novel in The Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire, is scheduled to be released on November 22, 2013.[78] In November 2011, Lionsgate entered negotiations with Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours screenwriter Simon Beaufoy to adapt the novel for screen, since the post-production schedule for The Hunger Games was too crowded for Ross and Collins to adapt the next film as originally planned. Ross was still expected to return as director for the sequel.[79] In January 2012, Ross and Beaufoy were officially signed on to their roles as director and screenwriter, respectively.[80]

Woody Harrelson revealed in a November 2011 interview that he has signed on for four films, suggesting that one of the books may be split into two films.[81] The February 2012 issue of The Hollywood Reporter indicated that Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth have all signed on to the whole franchise.[3]

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