When you split the final book of a bestselling series into two movies, it is expected that the first would be like an extended trailer of the final one which is the pinnacle. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 is just like that. It is basically a build up to the final film which as people who had read the book would know is the just reward that the lead Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) will reap after overcoming all those trials that she encountered throughout the series. Don't expect those action packed scenes from the games of the first two movies.
What saves the film from total boredom is the cast itself. The always great Lawrence was born to play the lead character and in Mockingjay Part 1, she showed more range and depth as her character struggles to bring back into the fold the one guy she has affections for: Peeta Melark (Josh Hutcherson) who was brainwashed by the evil President Snow (Donald Sutherland) and amidst the PR maneuvering of the rebellion's leader President Alma Coin (Julianne Moore) and her spinmaster Plutarch Heavensbee (the late great Phillip Seymour Hoffman) to be the face of the rebellion. Lawrence, Moore, Hoffman and the other member of the cast Woody Harrelson earned a combined two wins and 13 nominations in the Oscars. With that acting pedigree alone, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 is well worth your time and ticket at the movies.
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