After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symbols of hope and resistance while the Capitol prepares a new and deadly challenge that will change the future of the nation forever.
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 22 wins & 66 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
This is Empire Strikes Back stuff. It has that second Star Wars movie's kick of confidence.
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
10 Dec 2013
fresh:
Director Francis Lawrence's film runs nearly two-and-a-half hours but it concludes so abruptly and tantalizingly, it leaves you wanting more.
– Christy Lemire,
ChristyLemire.com,
24 Nov 2013
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The budget is nearly twice the original, and it shows. Great work from the A-list cast, amazing set designs and costumes.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
22 Nov 2013
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Now the violence is not merely physical, but existential. Far from having won her freedom as promised, Katniss is now imprisoned in a false public narrative-supporter of the Capitol, lover of Peeta-from which she may never escape.
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
22 Nov 2013
fresh:
Catching Fire delivers on the grim, roiling promises of the original.