Storyline
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
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Cast
Kate Winslet, Nathan Geist, Shailene Woodley, Ray Stevenson, Theo James, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Ashley Judd, Mekhi Phifer, Maggie Q, Tony Goldwyn, Jai Courtney, Brandon Cyrus, Ansel Elgort, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Christian Madsen, Amy Newbold, Parker Mack, Janet Ulrich Brooks, Yasmine Aker, Casimere Jollette, Jaiden Hidalgo
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Reviews
88
Chicago Sun-Times
The strength of Burger’s movie is the fact that a non-reader of Roth’s work can enjoy Divergent and not be confused by any aspect of the storyline.
83
Woodley, through the delicate power of her acting, does something compelling: She shows you what a prickly, fearful, yet daring personality looks like when it's nestled deep within the kind of modest, bookish girl who shouldn't even like gym class.
67
Because there’s some genuinely great ideas in the film, and some terrific character work, but it’s given such uneven attention, alternately languished upon and glossed over, that the portrait Burger creates feels complete without, well, making us feel a whole lot else.
65
Over-plotty, convoluted, full of unanswered questions and unquestioned assumptions — is a big part of the problem here, but director Neil Burger (“Limitless”) pulls off a neat trick here, in that Divergent is a pretty diverting piece of moviemaking pulled from a not-especially-good story.
50
Slant Magazine
The film transcends the déjà vu of its borrowed trappings but ironically sacrifices all momentum in favor of a long series of physical tests.
