The Darkest Minds

Name: The Darkest Minds
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2018-07-25
Cast: Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, Patrick Gibson, Skylan Brooks, Mandy Moore

2018 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With just 15% on Rotten Tomatoes and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for action fans. If you loved The Hunger Games: Catching Fire or The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
The mood: Exciting.
The pace: Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 45 min.
What might put you off: Critics were cooler on it than audiences.

After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.

How it earned its rating

CriticsWeak
15% on Rotten Tomatoes
AudiencesSolid
7.0 out of 10
AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
Box office & staying powerBelow par
$41 million worldwide on a $34 million budget
Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 243K people sought it out in the past year