Critic Reviews for Divergent on Moviebuff.com

'Divergent' is clearly made for its already existent fan base, with the best loved bits and pieces of the book shoved on to screen with hardly any adhesive to keep them together

Paloma Sharma, Rediff

Burger’s film is, to its credit, probably second-best among the YA adaptations that Hollywood has mounted since 'Twilight' put the subgenre on the map

Todd Gilchrist, Indiewire

'Divergent' is an action movie that promises to be a sci-fi adventure ride, but fails to keep up

Anuja Jaiman, Hindustan Times

'Divergent' doesn't engage you enough to leave an impression

Andre Borges, DNA

The film 'Divergent' is just like its written counterpart in that it leaves its audience waiting and wanting to know the ending to Tris’ story

Rachel Wieclaw, The Buffalo News

Shailene Woodley is lovely, but this film is an endless slog

Tom Shone, The Guardian

Tris (Shailene Woodley) is a 'Divergent', which means she can never belong to any one faction, but this is a truth that she must hide from everyone, lest she should be killed

Saumya Sharma, BookMyShow

An adaptation of Veronica Roth's fantasy for young adults will struggle to please 'Hunger Games' fans

Mark Kermode, The Guardian

'Divergent' is pretty good on the day-to-day of Beatrice's life as a dauntless novice-in-training

Mick LaSalle, SFGate

The only terror 'Divergent' roused in me was that the drag-ass thing would never end

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

'Divergent' is a film that’s targeted at devoted readers of the novel, and they very-well may think it’s an excellent adaptation

Chris Bumbray, JoBlo.com

'Divergent' is too bloated to be consistently exciting, but it’s relatively agile between its many exposition-dumps, at times resembling an actual action movie more than a pro-forma adaptation

Genevieve Koski, The Dissolve

A rocky start to the Next Big Thing in YA movie franchises

Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter

It’s rare that a movie is as good as the book on which it’s based. It’s even more unusual when it’s better

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

Yet another new YA bestseller-franchise in the Hogwarts-Hunger-Ender's-Game mould

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Divergent remains a worthy introduction to a familiar yet still extraordinary universe that hedges its risks to reach a teenage demographic but still teases more than enough potential

Sean O'Connell, Cinema Blend

Neil Burger has created an engaging film, which while faithful to the source material can stand on its own

Mini Anthikad Chhibber, The Hindu

'Divergent' is no 'Hunger Games'

Mohammad Kamran Jawaid, DAWN

Woodley, though, by virtue of the sheer likability of her presence, keeps you hanging on, keeps you rooting for her

Christy Lemire, Roger Ebert

'Divergent' does book justice with focused plot, strong cast

Merilla Michael, Tufts Daily

'Divergent' comes across as a film that doesn't push any boundaries whatsoever

Reagan Gavin Rasquinha, The Times of India

This latest attempt to cash in on the YA craze fails to work as an engaging standalone movie

Andrew Barker, Variety

'Divergent' can test positive for more than one community and the Dauntless are notorious for getting rid of their Divergent population

Bookworm, Moviepilot.com

'Divergent' almost feels like Burger gets lost here in trying to set up the rules of the film's universe and loses track of telling an interesting story with engaging characters

Philip Clarke, Moviepilot.com

For those who are able to suspend their disbelief, 'Divergent' will prove to be fun to watch

Julia Zasso, Student Life

Despite its two strong lead performances, this feature film adaptation of 'Divergent' is a lot of been there-done that

Matt Patches, IGN

The movie feels overly long, and by the end, you may want to hop onto one of those trains yourself and hope it arrives somewhere a lot less grim

Jocelyn Noveck, The Huffington Post

'Divergent' has a talented cast but that's about It

David Blaustein, ABC News

The key to enjoying 'Divergent' is having low expectations

Laura Frances, ScreenCrave

Divergent's frustratingly dystopian spin, insists its teens make all of their life-changing decisions before they're ready and then celebrates a hero for denying herself the one thing biology has pretty much already given the green light

Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine