Divergent

Divergent (2015) starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd

In the future, a reluctant heroine is catapulted into adventure when she finds out she’s a Divergent. She won’t neatly fit into one certain group. She uncovers a plot by a faction leader to change society forever.

Review

Have you ever felt like a square peg in a round hole? That’s not allowed in the fictional world of Divergent. Everyone is neatly pegged into one of five factions. And they’re never allowed to leave. Or have anything to do with other factions. Not even their own familiy, if they’re in a different faction. “Faction before blood”.

The five factions

• Erudites – they value knowledge and logic. The scientists. Smart.
• Amity – farmers. “They’re all about kindness and harmony, always happy.” Kind.
• Candor – value honesty and order. “They tell the truth, even when you wish they wouldn’t.” Honest.
• Dauntless – the soldiers & police. Brave, fearless, and free. Brave.
• Abnegation. Selfless, dedicated to helping others. They run the government, because they’re supposedly selfless.

Cast

• Shailene Woodley as Tris Prior. The heroine and protagonist. She doesn’t neatly fit into any of the factions. Despite being born into Abnegation, she chooses Dauntless …. After a moment of hesitation. She changes her name from Beatrice to Tris, to symbolize her new life.
• Theo James as Tobias “Four” Eaton. The hard-driving instructor of the new Dauntless trainees.
• Ashley Judd as Natalie Prior. Tris’ loving mother. Who loves her … No matter what.
• Jai Courtney as Eric Coulter
• Ray Stevenson as Marcus Eaton
• Zoë Kravitz as Christina
• Miles Teller as Peter Hayes
• Tony Goldwyn as Andrew Prior
• Ansel Elgort as Caleb Prior. Tris’ brother.
• Maggie Q as Tori Wu. The woman monitoring Tris’ test. She realizes that Tris is a Divergent. And warns her to not tell anyone for her own safety.
• Mekhi Phifer as Max
• Kate Winslet (Flushed Away) as Jeanine Matthews
• Ben Lloyd-Hughes as Will
• Christian Madsen as Albert
• Amy Newbold as Molly Atwood

Product Description 

Divergent is set in a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader (Kate Winslet) to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four (Theo James) and together they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it’s too late. Based on the best-selling book series by Veronica Roth.