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Hunger Games movie reviews Baltimore Sun Still, movie critics insist on weighing in. They have to earn their pay, after all, by dropping references to Tarantino and the score. So here are excerpts from some reviews: -- Tribune: Director and co-adapter Gary Ross, whose two previous features ... See all stories on this topic » Baltimore Sun

Capsule movie reviews The Times Herald AP One gets the sensation while watching this low-budget '80s parody that a bunch of people went trolling at a vintage clothing store one day, found some moon boots, acid-washed jean jackets and neon tank tops and decided to make a movie about them. See all stories on this topic »

'Hunger Games' Reviews: Critics React To The Anticipated Film Huffington Post The New York Daily News' Joe Neumaier called the film "light years ahead of 'Twilight'." "It's better and scarier than its source book," he wrote, "And aims an angry eye at our bloodthirsty, watch-anything-and-cheer culture." Alonso Duralde of The Wrap ... See all stories on this topic »

'The Hunger Games' reviews are wide-ranging in their assessment WJLA By Skip Wood Daybreak Daily's afternoon visit to the pop-culture theatre finds the best reviews for one of the more talked-about movies in years ("The Hunger Games"), a situational update, and the mystery music video. VULTURE: "The audience at Monday's ... See all stories on this topic » WJLA

Movie review: 'Hunger Games' serves happy meal for fans of the novel Pittsburgh Post Gazette At two hours and 22 minutes, the adaptation is faithful to the book and scores a bull's-eye with the casting of Jennifer Lawrence as the strong, loyal, resourceful, rebellious and, when the occasion calls for it, wily teen archer. See all stories on this topic »

Movie Review: 'The Hunger Games' FEARnet.com After months and months of hype, it's finally show time for the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' massively popular dystopian YA novel The Hunger Games as it drops in theaters on March 23rd. The book, and its subsequent sequels, is a dark exploration ... See all stories on this topic » FEARnet.com

Review: 'Hunger Games' Movie Is Faithful to the Book's Dystopian Vision School Library Journal By Kent Turner The movie version of Suzanne Collins's teen mega-hit, The Hunger Games (Scholastic, 2008), is largely faithful to the book and adroitly manages to translate the novel's vision of a world gone mad onto the big screen. See all stories on this topic »

The Hunger Games – Movie Review Monsters and Critics.com The Hunger Games is based on the popular young adult book series by Suzanne Collins, in which all child inhabitants of District 12 in the not so distant future live under a crippling threat – to kill each other off and survive in a state and TV ... See all stories on this topic » Monsters and Critics.com