Believe it or not, I liked the movie better than I liked the book. This is not something that I say often. The movie actually did a much better job of trimming the points of the book down to the essentials. While Hunger Games could get away with being in Katniss' head, it didn't work so well with Tris in the Divergent books. Here, the director and screen writers made some excellent choices on what to keep and what to ditch.
Kate Winslet was convincingly evil as Jeanine and Woodley and James return as Tris and Four with chemistry. Nothing unexpected or drastic about the portrayal, but a good action film.
There were tons of digital effects. Once in a while they were borderline overboard, but most of them were great. If you liked the books in the series, or if you liked the first movie, this one's not going to disappoint. It wouldn't get an Oscar nomination from me, but it's a fun movie.

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