An average movie

To be honest, I was completely uninspired by this movie. I mean, sure, it was fairly entertaining and Shailene Woodley is definitely a talented and charming actress but I’m afraid I have seen by now too many similar movies recently and this one definitely didn’t add much to the genre. Only recently, I have started to watch ‘The Hunger Games’ franchise, and already I wasn’t really impressed but this new YA adaptation seemed like a weaker copy and, in fact, I thought that ‘The Maze Runner’ which managed to be more successful at the box-office without any star like Shailene Woodley or Jennifer Lawrence was actually more enjoyable. The main problem was that the main concept was really not original at all and there were some details that bothered me as well. For example, why are the Dauntless constantly running and jumping? It looked really stupid and completely pointless. Furthermore, even though Shailene Woodley was praised for her performance, I thought she was physically unconvincing and I didn’t believe she was actually going through a grueling physical training. Fortunately, emotionally, she was really strong and managed to pretty much save the whole thing for being completely underwhelming. Anyway, to conclude, I think my rating might be a little bit generous here but I guess it is still worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10