Starring the actress who played Rue in The Hunger Games (2012), The Darkest Minds was like Wrinkle in Time (2018) plus X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), but better in some ways than either one.
I wish I’d known it was based on the first book in a series and not a standalone story; then the pacing would have made more sense.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-darkest-minds/id1412296702
The reviews reflect a general consensus that though the cast was good, the movie feels like a timid, bland echo of other dystopian stories. I dunno, sweet and safe isn’t necessarily bad. Here’s a representative “meh” kind of review, from IGN.
