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40 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Screen DailyJohn HazeltonScreen DailyJohn HazeltonThe second installment of the Divergent series shows some symptoms of middle chapter-itis but in the end makes the most of a strong returning cast led by Shailene Woodley, slick direction from Robert Schwentke, impressive effects and a closely guarded plot twist.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThere’s no question that the feature is a leaner, meaner affair than its predecessor. That’s not enough, though, to counterbalance the often oppressive self-seriousness (though Miles Teller gives it a welcome shot) or to plaster over the holes in the premise.
- 60EmpireHelen O'HaraEmpireHelen O'HaraOnce you swallow the giant pill that is the premise, it just about makes sense, and Woodley sells it with all her conviction.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeConsidering that Insurgent is meant to represent the series’ great civil war, it all comes across feeling like a tempest in a teapot: a glorified rehash of what came before, garnished with the promise of what lies in store.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe fights are well-staged, the chases dull. But as Insurgent wraps up, it picks up speed and depth, and gives you hope that maybe this series won’t wrap up as the copy-and-paste “Hunger Games” it has felt like, from the moment the books were word-processed onto the best seller lists.
- 40TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeTake everything annoying about a cobbled-together, overly familiar YA adaptation, add the built-in wheel-spinning of a sequel, and you’ve got Insurgent, a film that works best when it places its heroine inside virtual-reality situations — at least then it has an excuse for eschewing logic and context.
- 40The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinIt plays like a listless mash-up of every Young Adult franchise movie you’ve ever seen – domineering rulers, anguished, system-smashing teens, and all the purposeful striding through rubble you can handle.
- 40Time Out LondonCath ClarkeTime Out LondonCath ClarkeWhat a waste of Shailene Woodley the Divergent franchise is turning out to be.
- 25New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickYou know you’re in for a long haul when Kate Winslet’s clipboard-wielding Jeanine, leader of the Erudite faction, comes off less like a Hillary Clinton than a weary Applebee’s supervisor at the end of a 14-hour shift in this plodding sequel to “Divergent.”
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierEvery scene is entwined in clunkiness.