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The Darkest Minds

PG-13 Released Aug 3, 2018 1h 44m Sci-Fi Mystery & Thriller Action TRAILER for The Darkest Minds: 'What Happens Next?' - Trailer List
15% Tomatometer 141 Reviews 71% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings
When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. One of the most powerful young people, Ruby, escapes from her camp and joins a group of runaways who are seeking a safe haven. Betrayed by the adults in power, this newfound family soon realizes that running is not enough -- they must use their collective powers to wage a resistance and take back their future. Read More Read Less
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The Darkest Minds does little to differentiate itself in a crowded field of YA adaptations, leaving all but the least demanding viewers feeling dystopian déjà vu.

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Ben Sachs Chicago Reader To say the film suggests a mix of hazy political allegory and Henry Darger's outside-art classic The Story of the Vivian Girls is to make it sound more interesting than it really is. Mar 4, 2020 Full Review Roxana Hadadi Chesapeake Family Magazine The Darkest Minds puts an X-Men spin on the typical 'teens in dystopia' YA formula, but the result is more derivative than creative. Rated: 2/5 Aug 17, 2018 Full Review Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald The film is framed so deliberately as a prelude to more exciting times to come in its sequels that it renders the ending oddly anti-climactic. Rated: 2.5/5 Aug 15, 2018 Full Review Brittany Patrice Witherspoon Pop Culture Reviews The Darkest Minds has some great ideas and moments sprinkled throughout the film, but ultimately, it is uninspired storytelling that wastes its potential on forced build-up rather than execution. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 11, 2024 Full Review Joe Lipsett Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast The film leans into all of the book's worst impulses and, most disappointingly, gives star Amandla Stenberg nothing to do. The FX is on par with other YA films, but the disinterest in exploring this dystopia renders The Darkest Minds hollow. Dec 1, 2021 Full Review Matt Cipolla Film Monthly [I]t isn't much of anything new, but must it be this boring? The Darkest Minds is stultifying -- a truly joyless experience of YA clichés and generic, licensed pop songs. Rated: 1.5/5 Jul 25, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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sharna G Loved it ! This movie absolutely needs a sequel right now! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/17/24 Full Review Audience Member Love this movie, it’s still one of my favorites to this day, very good quality and makes you want to see more, but still leaves you with enough satisfaction. Extremely disappointing that they haven’t made the rest of the books into movie adaptations just because they didn’t do as well at the box office, because they love to continue movies that don’t need to be or aren’t as good. I know that it would be a great and popular franchise and the audience and fan base loves it. The fact that the fan base both movie and books have grown a ginormous amount since the movie came out and that people are still begging for at least a second movie if not the rest of the franchise says a lot. Even if they start making the 2nd one now after 6 years it would be amazing and a top dystopian franchise for sure. The actors did an incredible job. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/14/24 Full Review Daphne M This movie was great. Upset that there’s no sequel. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/27/24 Full Review Mary J I personally found this movie really boring and predictable. My cousin said it was really good and I high but my hopes were dashed by the poor quality plot line. As I am speaking my is yelling insults at me and telling that I’m wrong and negative but I will stick to my gut. Thank you for listening 😊 Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/27/24 Full Review Héctor R Pocas veces vi que se juntara falta de talento actoral, huelga de guionistas y un director de vacaciones Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/18/24 Full Review Atmospheric E Young adult science fiction drama in which in the future a disease called Idiopathic Adolescent Acute Neurodegeneration (IAAN) kills 90% of adolescents in the United States whilst the survivors gain powers. The plot follows Ruby, a 16 year old African American telepath girl who escapes from a rehabilitation camp for young survivors of IAAN. Ruby joins up with a small group of fellow young camp escapees with power (Liam, Charles and Yu) who are searching for ‘East River’, a safe haven run by a former young camp inmate known as the ‘Slip Kid’ for young escapees from the rehabilitation camps who are hence on the run from the government. This was a competent movie but I felt that the story could have been stronger. I liked the friendships that Ruby strikes up with the other young escapees that she is travelling to ‘East River’ with and the bonds that develop between her and her friends is definitely the most compelling aspect of the film. However the movie’s antagonists are largely not well written (e.g. the main villain) and the special effects are definitely low budget (no ‘Avengers’ here). The climax to the film was also an anticlimax although it was still an enjoyable journey getting there with the strength of the characters of Ruby and her friends but the premise of the movie (an unknown disease kills most youths in the USA and gives the rest powers) was not well handled I felt. I will end by saying that this motion picture had strong main protagonists but not a strong narrative or good special effects. A satisfactory but not outstanding film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/21/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. One of the most powerful young people, Ruby, escapes from her camp and joins a group of runaways who are seeking a safe haven. Betrayed by the adults in power, this newfound family soon realizes that running is not enough -- they must use their collective powers to wage a resistance and take back their future.
Director
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Producer
Shawn Levy, Dan Levine
Screenwriter
Chad Hodge
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
21 Laps Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Disturbing Images|Violence)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 3, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 2, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.7M
Runtime
1h 44m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos, DTS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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