| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D+ |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | B |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C+ |
| Run Time: | 142 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 18 Aug 2012 |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
The Hunger Games is rated PG-13: intense violent thematic material and disturbing images -- all involving teens.
Director: Gary Ross
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Willow Shields
Studio: 2012 Lionsgate
Website: Official site for The Hunger Games.
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
