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‘The Hunger Games’ aims for solid entertainment and hits the mark

Screen adaptation works with strong performance from young lead

By Ty Burr

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 22, 2012

“The Hunger Games’’: The millions who devoured Suzanne Collins’s futuristic thriller will be satisfied, on balance, by the compromises Holly wood has made while keeping the story true to itself. The millions more who haven’t read the books will be entertained while wondering what the fuss was all about. It’s not a movie on fire, and it should have been. With Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss.

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