Phillipa
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Cheryl
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
spyforces
This movie is a stand out, it is so amazing with an incredible plot and strong believable characters. It is very emotive and you can even feel empathetic towards some of the characters.
Some people hate the film because of the tiny differences from book to movie. I haven't read the books so there weren't any misconceptions. This movies was incredible and everything was so intriguing. I hope this movie gets a sequel. It has everything anyone would want in a movie. I'm sure if there was a sequel more concepts would be further explored.
I'm going to see it again.
aleparker-53822
I don't really understand why critics don't like this movie. I loved it, it had a good contrast of action and romance and would definitely recommeng watching it before it left cinemas
khloeey95
When I first saw the trailer for The Darkest Minds, I thought it looked interesting and maybe worth the watch...
Well, it's watchable...but I wouldn't say it's an amazing film or whatever. Unfortunately, for me, it didn't really seem that much happened? Once the main character met up with others like herself (with abilities), I really thought the film would pick up and give us some excitement. But that didn't happen. Then we are given about five minutes worth of fighting and explosions...and that's about it. It just feels like they maybe stretched out what might happen in a 40 minute tv show episode and turned it into a film...which doesn't really work all that well.
With the ending of the film, it's obvious to see that they've set it up for a sequel, or two, but it didn't really grip me and make me want to see the next one. But who knows, the trailer for the sequel might also mislead me like the trailer for this one.
I will say to watch it if you want to, and then form your own opinion of it. Just don't expect too much from seeing it.(Think I might just be reading up on the description of the next possible film, rather than actually watching it...that is, if there is going to be another one).
Neil Welch
A plague kills the majority of the world's children. Those who survive have various paranormal abilities, and are graded by the government from Green (the majority, with simple, safe powers) up through the colours to Orange (rare, and so dangerous that they are to be killed on identification). 10 year old Orange Ruby survives by pretending to be Green inside one of the the prison camps which house all children. When the authorities finally realise the truth, Ruby escapes and enters one of the underground factions.This film is an adaptation of the first of a Young Adult novel trilogy (yes, another one). As a result, there is no real ending. The story works moderately well as it goes along, but leaves you with a host of unanswered questions at the end. Maybe some of them are addressed in subsequent instalments, but the absence of answers here is pretty unsatisfying. The whole prison camp with sadistic guards scenario is difficult to swallow, for a start.The young cast work hard and do quite well. Amandla Stenberg is pneumatic, as she was in Everything, Everything, as Ruby, and pulls off a pleasingly emotional sequence towards the end.As a science fiction lover, I felt this had the potential to be better, though.
