Plan on going to see ‘Insurgent’? Here is what the critics are saying about the new ‘Divergent Series: Insurgent’ movie.
The Divergent sequel, ‘Insurgent’ is already in theaters but will hit theaters everywhere on Friday. But, what are the critics saying? Will this be another box-office hit or will people go see Sean Penn’s ‘The Gunman’ instead.
‘Insurgent’ centers around Beatrice Prior as she must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side.
The plot of Insurgent takes place three days after the previous installment and continues to follow Tris Prior; Tris and Four are on the run after evading a hostile takeover from Jeanine and the rest of Erudite. The faction system in post-apocalyptic Chicago is crumbling, and everyone is desperate for power — and answers. Filming began on May 27, 2014 in Atlanta,Georgia, before officially concluding on September 6, 2014.
The Divergent Series: Insurgent received mixed reviews from critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a rating of a 30%, based on 61 reviews, with a rating average of 5/10. The site’s critical consensus states: “Shailene Woodley gives it her all, but Insurgent is still a resounding step back for a franchise struggling to distinguish itself from the dystopian YA crowd.” At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score, the film has a score of 43 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating “mixed or average reviews”.
Here are the bad things movie critics are saying about the new movie ‘Insurgent’:
Were it not for the five lines of recognizably human dialogue spoken by Miles Teller, this whole thing would implode into a black hole. –Â St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Although Woodley is adequate at emoting – Tris being something of a basket case of guilt, self-loathing and teenage hormones – many of the other characters here are, by definition, one-dimensional. – Washington Post
No one involved in the making of Insurgent would test positive for the intelligent Erudites – LA Weekly
Here are the good things movie critics are saying about the new movie ‘Insurgent’:
Luckily for “Insurgent,” Shailene Woodley is on board for the duration. – Arizona Republic
Smart, Slick and Superior to its predecessor. – Illinois Times
A sharp improvement on the original, this second entry in The Divergent Series has a much stronger sense of its premise and characters… –Contactmusic.com
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