The Onion's NPR-Style Catching Fire Review Is Creepy and Hilarious

By Madeleine Davies | November 22, 2013 | 2:30am

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“Honestly, there were hotter guys in my school than in this movie. Way hotter guys.”

This teenage girl in the body of a middle aged, public radio-esque film critic tells it like it is.

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