Arts Review
Arts Review
People rely on critics of every kind of entertainment to help them decide what to read, watch, see, or hear. For many years, readers of Entertainment Weekly turned to Lisa Schwarzbaum for film reviews. Appraising the first of the Hunger Games movies, she has to accommodate avid fans of Suzanne Collins’s books, as well as moviegoers entirely new to the dystopian trilogy. Both are tough audiences.
Reading the Genre
At the end of her review, you’ll see that Schwarzbaum gives the movie a letter grade. Is it consistent with the full review? What role do symbols such as grades, stars, or even thumbs play in this genre?
THE HUNGER GAMES, Jennifer Lawrence, 2012/photo:
Murray Close/© Lionsgate/Courtesy Everett Collection.
