Divergent
- Director: Neil Burger
- Writer: Evan Daugherty; Vanessa Taylor
- Producer: Lucy Fisher; John J. Kelly
CGiii Comment
As a metaphor for LGBT issues...it falls a little short.
As sheer entertainment...it delivers.
Not a bad beginning to what will probably become a rather lucrative franchise.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Set in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into five factions that each represent a different virtue, teenagers have to decide if they want to stay in their faction or switch to another - for the rest of their lives. Tris Prior makes a choice that surprises everyone. Then Tris and her fellow faction-members have to live through a highly competitive initiation process to live out the choice they have made. They must undergo extreme physical and intense psychological tests, that transform them all. But Tris has a secret that she is Divergent, which means she doesn't fit into any one group. If anyone knew, it would mean a certain death. As she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly peaceful society, this secret might help her save the people she loves... or it might destroy her.
Cast & Characters
Shailene Woodley as Beatrice 'Tris' Prior;
Theo James as Four;
Miles Teller as Peter;
Kate Winslet as Jeanine Matthews;
Ansel Elgort as Caleb Prior;
Zoe Kravitz as Christina;
Ray Stevenson as Marcus Eaton;
Jai Courtney as Eric;
Ashley Judd as Natalie Prior;
Maggie Q as Tori