Trials and tribulations of a young woman

Rating: 1/10 (21 August 2014)

Expecting action and sci-fi? So was I. What do you get? The story of a young girl who faces challenges and tough decisions as she is coming of age. That about sums up the movie; and of course the run of the mill cheesy romance.
'Divergent' are set in a future society where mankind has survived some cataclysm, and are now living in a fenced city, with the people divided into factions which serves a societal function. It has the setting to explore multiple themes of human interaction, survival and philosophical questions.
Sounds cool? So, are there any themes explored? No. Are the factions explored? No. Are the mechanisms of society put to a test? No. Are the so-called 'dystopia' theme of the movie explored? No. How about an intricate plot and interesting characters? No. So what exactly do we have here? My opinion on movies is, no, you don't have to explore any philosophical issue, make social commentary or develop profound characters or story. Just make it fun, exciting and action packed etc.
'Divergent' delivers nothing but boring teenage drama, about some bland girl facing challenges of life and growing up in this future society. That is all. The only 'message' 'Divergent' promotes is that, it is OK to be yourself and stand out and don't let the grown ups stop you, and conforming to society is not so bad that either. Us young new hipster teens just need to remake society in our image and all the problems goes away.
The acting is unconvincing to just plain out of touch with the scenes. In my opinion, this is also a really horrible teenage romance drama, if that was all they were gunning for. Spanning 2 hours and 15min...Will be a waste of time.