There are worse and more cloying young adult film adaptations out there, but "Insurgent" sets a new disappointing baseline for lazy YA movies.
“Everything I learned I learned from the movies.”
― Audrey Hepburn
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'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1' review: An underwhelming stopgap sequel
The fact this movie exists is pretty confusing -- there simply are not enough plot points in "Mockingjay - Part 1" or compelling set-up for the grand finale to justify this underwhelming penultimate sequel.
'The Fault in Our Stars' review: Stacks the deck in its pursuit of tears
For a film so clearly designed only to be a quintessential tearjerker, this tale of first love and dying young pulls emotional strings with a story that borders on manipulative.
'Divergent' review: A lobotomized, derivative hijacking of tired sci-fi elements
It's slightly ironic that a story about free-thinking and independence is such an unoriginal, uninspired mishmash of tired sci-fi elements.