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Divergent (12A)

Divergent (12A)

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's 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.


The critical consensus

Smart, tough and a little bit cool, this is an intriguing opening rather than a slam-dunk in its own right, but the cast - and especially Woodley - make it sufficiently diverting to merit a place in the action franchise ranks.

****(*)Helen O'Hara, Empire Online, 31/03/2014

Loyal to the novel, but welcoming enough for newbies, Divergent does a decent if not jawdropping job of bringing its dystopian world to life. Should stave off the Hunger pains for a while, anyway…

***(*)(*)James Mottram, Total Film, 01/04/2014

The rotten ideological set-up negates any sense of relatable drama.

**(*)(*)(*)David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 03/04/2014

The film lacks drive and by the time the action arrives and the seeds are sewn for future instalments, viewers may well have lost interest.

**(*)(*)(*)Rob Carnevale, The List, 31/03/2014

This is a slickly made, energetic teen sci-fi yarn, let down by its derivative and schematic storyline.

**(*)(*)(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 03/04/2014

Kate Winslet is great in this Young Adult franchise as a tyrannical wicked queen, but otherwise it's a depressingly generic affair.

John Patterson, The Guardian, 28/03/2014

What a conformist message.

**(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 03/04/2014

It’s too long, with over-extended training sequences, but benefits from a strong cast and should appeal to the target audience.

***(*)(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express, 03/04/2014

Realising this is a thin excuse for a brutal slog of a movie? That’s “observant”.

**(*)(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 01/04/2014

A somewhat lacklustre contender for the Hunger Games throne.

**(*)(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 05/04/2014

It's hard to think of a movie less suited to its title.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Alistari Harkness, The Scotsman, 07/04/2014

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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