It's a commendable effort, but the overall product is a bit unsatisfying.

Rating: 6/10 (17 October 2014)

It's a commendable effort, but the overall product is a bit unsatisfying. It's like Hunger Games' training plus Inception's dream share plus Facing one's fears; add a little romance and mystery to it, you have 'Divergent'. Actors like Kate Winslet and Ashley Judd are not utilized at all. Despite being over two hours long, it didn't explore any character or faction properly. And it had one of the most predictable plots ever. The other futuristic movie released this year with the theme of maintaining peace, 'The Giver', was just ninety minutes long but had better performances and was a bit different than the usual.
Divergent is actually the first part in its book trilogy, but compared to other young-adult futuristic trilogies like 'The Hunger Games' and 'The Maze Runner', this didn't have much going for it, and even if the remaining two books get adapted, I'm not that interested to follow them.