8 Reasons The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes Reviews Are So Mixed

The reviews are in for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and critics are mixed on the prequel franchise movie. Director Francis Lawrence returns to the world of The Hunger Games with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, a dystopian film set 64 years before Katniss Everdeen becomes a tribute. The prequel follows the rise of Coriolanus Snow, who goes on to become the villainous President Snow in the original films. Based on Suzanne Collins’ book of the same name, the first reviews for the film land somewhere in the middle. Critics have praised certain aspects of the film while thoughtfully evaluating others.