Synopsis
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
- Shailene WoodleyBeatrice "Tris" Prior
- Theo JamesTobias "Four" Eaton
- Zoë KravitzChristina
- Miles TellerPeter Hayes
- Jai CourtneyEric Coulter
- Ansel ElgortCaleb Prior
- Ashley JuddNatalie Prior
- Tony GoldwynAndrew Prior
- Ray StevensonMarcus Eaton
- Kate WinsletJeanine Matthews
Recommendations
- 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
Entertainment Weekly
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
The Playlist
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
Film.com
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. - 50
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Divergent, the latest outcast-teen-battles-The-System thriller, is similar enough to “The Hunger Games” that hardcore Katniss fans may dismiss it. But it’s a more streamlined film, with a love story with genuine heat and deaths with genuine pathos. - 50
New York Post
Divergent is a clumsy, humorless and shamelessly derivative sci-fi thriller set in a generically dystopian future. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Director Neil Burger struggles to fuse philosophy, awkward romance and brutal action. Even with star Shailene Woodley delivering the requisite toughness and magnetism, the clunky result is almost unrelentingly grim.
