Jumping from a moving train - the Dauntless way of arriving, and one of the film’s best sequences - she gets to experience the kinetic physicality long denied her.
PHOTOS: Shailene Woodley’s Career in Picturesīeatrice’s first moments with her new tribe bear out the sense of thrills and danger she observed from a distance. Beatrice has never felt as naturally charitable as her parents ( Ashley Judd and Tony Goldwyn), and her face lights up whenever she sees the Dauntless, the brave ones who snarl and rollick like a bunch of punk rockers they’re as boisterous and defiant as the members of Abnegation are low-key and self-effacing. Perhaps reaching too quickly for the epic, the screen adaptation, credited to Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor, skimps on setting up the Prior family dynamics, lessening the emotional impact of the ceremony in which both Beatrice and her brother, Caleb ( Ansel Elgort), opt to transfer out of Abnegation, the faction of the selfless. Being uncategorizable makes Beatrice a threat to the social order. The inconclusive results alarm her tester (a well-cast Maggie Q), who warns her never to tell a soul that she’s Divergent.
Like the source material, the film begins on the eve of the Choosing Ceremony, as 16-year-old Beatrice submits to the aptitude test - a personality quiz via drug-induced hallucination - that will tell her which faction suits her best. Protagonist Beatrice Prior (Woodley) faces particular jeopardy because she’s a rare and dangerous bird: a so-called Divergent, who doesn’t fit neatly into one of the prescribed categories that control every aspect of life. Like most social science fiction, the story, set in a war-ravaged Chicago in an unspecified future, is propelled by the friction between freethinkers and an authoritarian regime.
Lukewarm reviews might squelch curiosity among those unfamiliar with the trilogy of books, but the must-see factor among fans will ensure a robust opening for Summit, which has two sequels in the works and the next installment, Insurgent, fast-tracked for early-2015 release. THR COVER: Is ‘Divergent’ Star Shailene Woodley the Next Jennifer Lawrence?
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