And we’re not even going to try and convince the book fans, because if you’ve ever read through John Green’s bestselling novel, you already know what we’re talking about.Īs for the film, critics and reviewers are tripping over themselves to heap praise on the Josh Boone adaptation – from Woodley’s vulnerable, but full of life Hazel, to Ansel Elgort’s charismatic Gus, to the perfectly sour Peter van Houten, to Boone’s expert direction, which resulted in a movie about cancer about love, so ispiring that you’ll need several packs of tissues to get through it. In love with Shailene Woodley already? You haven’t event seen The Fault in Our Stars! The “greatest love story of the decade”? Yep, we could go on like this. What about a great and faithful book adaptation (for once)? The Fault in Our Stars. There's also the problem that these movies continually steal ideas and imagery from other films (this time it's Mad Max and The Truman Show).Ĭontinue reading: The Divergent Series: Allegiant Reviewĭo you want to see a movie that rips your heart into pieces, but leaves you inspired to to live life to the fullest? The Fault in Our Stars. And that also makes it feel dull and contrived, especially since it leaves the characters' motivations so badly muddled. Some of this information provides welcome context to the earlier films, but the screenwriters also hold back a lot of key details for next time, so this episode is oddly inconclusive. There they learn new facts about their past, but they're unable to ignore the unravelling situation in Chicago.Īs in the first film, this script is over-packed with long conversations about the society's complicated set-up, and the Bureau has its own set of issues. Fleeing into the fringe, they encounter a peaceful, futuristic community called the Bureau of Genetic Welfare, run by David (Jeff Daniels). Bored with this, Tris and Four free Tris' brother Caleb (Ansel Elgort) from death row and escape over the walls out of Chicago along with cohorts Peter and Christina (Miles Teller and Zoe Kravitz). But Evelyn's willingness to indulge in military excesses causes a rift with the more peace-loving leader Johanna (Octavia Spencer), sparking a civil war. When we last saw our hero Tris (Shailene Woodley), she and her hunky boyfriend Four (Theo James) had overthrown the nasty Erudite leaders to create a "factionless" society in Chicago under new leader Evelyn (Naomi Watts), Four's mother.
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