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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1

Common Sense Media Age 13

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Many thought-provoking messages/themes about varying styles of government, the importance of symbols to causes and movements, the role of media in unifying people around a cause, and the way love can cloud all other thoughts except the safety of those you hold most dear. Courage, perseverance, and self-control are themes. May spark conversation on everything from politics to feminism to the use of media and propaganda during times of war.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
No more Games (which means no kids killing kids), but the violence is still realistic and disturbing: the bones of dead District 12 victims are shown up close; a makeshift hospital burns down; rebel fighters kill armed Peacekeepers and vice versa; dead District 8 residents rot on the floor of a hospital; Peacekeepers execute traitors to the Capitol; the Capitol bombs different Districts. Peeta looks starved and tortured. A character tries to choke Katniss.
Sex
Less romance than in previous installments; Katniss kisses Gale once, and Finnick and Annie share a kiss.
Language
Not applicable
Consumerism
No product placements in the movie, but distributor Lionsgate has partnerships with Doritos, Mazda, and Whole Foods Market's Whole Planet Foundation, and other companies to sell Hunger Games-themed food, apparel, video games, and more.
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Adults consume unspecified drinks at a Capitol event. Medical workers give Katniss and others sedatives.
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