Jason Schwartzman and Viola Davis stole the show.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Everyone hungers for something.
Rating
4.3 (2)
Release Date
11/15/2023Runtime
157 minsOverview
64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.
How It Feels
Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.
A dark prequel that traces how a desperate young aristocrat's moral compromises spiral into tyranny, set against the brutal machinery of a death game. It's less about spectacle than the seductive corruption of power.
Mood
TenseBleakContemplativeDefiant
Themes
PowerCorruptionSurvivalComing of ageAmbition
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
High-contrastWidescreen epic
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceChild endangerment
Tom Blyth
Coriolanus Snow
Rachel Zegler
Lucy Gray Baird
Peter Dinklage
Dean Casca Highbottom
Jason Schwartzman
Lucky Flickerman
Hunter Schafer
Tigris
Josh Rivera
Sejanus Plinth
Viola Davis
Dr. Volumnia Gaul
Fionnula Flanagan
Grandma’am
Burn Gorman
Commander Hoff
Dexter Sol Ansell
Young Coriolanus
Rosa Gotzler
Young Tigris
Clemens Schick
Respectable Man
Reviews
This should have been split into two movies. I read the book, so I was able to fill in the gaps with my pre-existing knowledge. If I hadn't, parts of this would have been a little confusing, especially around Snow's friendship with Sejanus. Maybe some voice-over narration could have helped, and a little less singing.
Either way, I'm excited to have more Hunger Games content. It's definitely not on the same level as the others for me, but it's still a solid entry.
The Hunger Games Collection
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