The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes(2023)

PG-13
11/15/2023 (US)Science Fiction, Action2h 37m
7.0

"Everyone hungers for something."

Overview

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.

Michael Lesslie

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Francis Lawrence

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Michael Arndt

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Francis Lawrence On How To Create The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes World

Francis Lawrence On How To Create The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes World

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Official Clip - ‘Tigris Advice’

Official Clip - ‘Tigris Advice’

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Official Clip - ‘The 10th Hunger Games’

Official Clip - ‘The 10th Hunger Games’

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Official Clip - ‘The Hanging Tree’

Official Clip - ‘The Hanging Tree’

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'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' with filmmakers | Academy Conversations

'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' with filmmakers | Academy Conversations

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Official Clip - ‘Lucy Gray Baird’

Official Clip - ‘Lucy Gray Baird’

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Exclusive Featurette - Lucky Flickerman

Exclusive Featurette - Lucky Flickerman

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The Hunger Games' Tom Blyth and Josh Andrés Rivera are Team Peeta | BAFTA

The Hunger Games' Tom Blyth and Josh Andrés Rivera are Team Peeta | BAFTA

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Official IMAX® Interview

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Official IMAX® Interview

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Olivia Rodrigo – 'Can’t Catch Me Now'

Olivia Rodrigo – 'Can’t Catch Me Now'

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Official Clip - ‘Run’

Official Clip - ‘Run’

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Special Feature - ‘Music’

Special Feature - ‘Music’

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Official Clip - ‘A Brand New Role’

Official Clip - ‘A Brand New Role’

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Special Feature - ‘Welcome Back to Panem’

Special Feature - ‘Welcome Back to Panem’

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) Flickerman News – The Plinth Prize

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) Flickerman News – The Plinth Prize

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Flickerman News – The Rabies Hoax

Flickerman News – The Rabies Hoax

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Remembering the War

Remembering the War

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Academy Orientation

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A review by CinemaSerf
7.0

Written on November 23, 2023

I couldn't help wondering if Francis Lawrence had just asked for that "Tom fella..." "You know..." The casting director didn't realise he meant that "Tom fella" from "Harry Potter" and got Tom Blyth instead. There's an uncanny resemblance with the blonde floppy hair and the rather linear facial expressions. Indeed, despite a promising (if frustrating) shower scene at the top of the film, Blyth ("Coryo") is really what drags this otherwise quite decent action adventure film down. Rachel Zegler, on the other hand, is full of enthusiasm as her "Lucy Gray" character is selected to fight for District 12 in the "Hunger Games". Meantime, "Dean Highbottom" (the infrequently used Peter Dinklage) has come up with a way to spike the dwindling television ratings. He has decided to allocate one of his top students to mentor each of the captives. Yep - "Coryo" is put with "Lucy Gray". A bit of sabotage changes the nature of the game and gradually our hero starts to wonder if he is on the right side - especially when he becomes a little too emotionally involved with his protégé and attracts the enmity of his own erstwhile mentor. Luckily, the whole scenario is being overseen by the hammily menacing "Volumnia Gaul" (Viola Davis) who is clearly having a ball with industrial scale make up and a barrel of genetically modified snakes. The last twenty minutes smacks a little too much of sequel building, but this film has plenty of action and intrigue, loads of back-stabbing and just a little moralising. Zegler delivers a few folky style ballads confidently and generally does a lively enough job keeping it quite a bit better than I was expecting. It needs a cinema, though - the grand scale effects and photography work best that way. On the television it will probably just come across as a bit derivative.