This 'CinemaNerdz: The Podcast' episode states "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" is something far more unnecessary than the games themselves.

This episode posits that "Thanksgiving" proves to be a plodding and thoroughly unenjoyable assault on an audience that may wish it had opted to stay home.

There are worse sports movies that "The Boys in the Boat," and probably worse World War II-era films. But that might be the film’s biggest problem.