Ender's Game

PG-13

Released Nov 1, 2013

1h 54m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Action

List

62%

Tomatometer

226 Reviews

65%

Audience Score

100,000+ Ratings

When hostile aliens called the Formics attack Earth, only the legendary heroics of Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley) manage to attain a victory. To prepare for the next attack, Col. Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) and his cohorts initiate a military program to find the next Mazer. Recruit Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) exhibits an unusual gift for the training, easily mastering all of the challenges thrown at him. Mazer Rackham, himself, takes Ender as a protege to prepare him for the oncoming war.

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Critics Consensus

If it isn't quite as thought-provoking as the book, Ender's Game still manages to offer a commendable number of well-acted, solidly written sci-fi thrills.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

Starship Troopers, Alien, Tron and Star Trek also make up the movie's DNA but the story - a provocative study about the morality of warfare and conflicts of leadership - injects something powerful and new into the familiar 'chosen one' plot trajectory.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 6, 2017

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

The battle scenes are spectacular but lifeless and hard to engage with. We're watching a cascade of computer-game imagery.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 21, 2014

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

It was a bit like standing in a room where someone is playing a video game on a screen and you're not actually taking part in it but you have to watch interminably this game being played and it's just really a bit boring.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 18, 2014

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Not having read Card’s novel, I couldn’t say whether it was truly “unfilmable,” but what ends up on the screen is indeed “filmable” in that we’ve seen these narrative threads countless times before in science fiction cinema.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 8, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

A joyless video game experience, complete with levels of increasing difficulty and a main character who never really faces a true conflict.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 22, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

It is a fairly satisfying bit of science fiction that walks the tricky line of trying to appeal to youth and adults alike. For the most part it succeeds.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 20, 2022

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Avery A

I do love the movie, but the book is definitely better

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/11/24

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AZIM S

It's a literal must-see.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/30/24

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paul

I cannot understand why this movie has bad and weak reviews. Now we all know we have people who review who think their fantastic reviewers and will leave a lower mark than its worth, reading many of the low marked reviews shows this, some look like they have not even watched it all. I watched it (i havnt read the book but plan to). Its fantastic, The film has a great cast, its story is setout well, brilliantly acted, now what will get some people is the graphics. We have the scene where hes playing the game and they do look like computer graphics but...its a game and am glad they look like graphics to deter from reality. Then when hes dreaming theres the scene where it goes computer again however I thought that was dream through the game, as in that time they had better graphics available...but overall its a solid movie. It easilly deserves a good 8/9. The kids in our family enjoy it, im 40 and i enjoy it and our older family members who dnt like that sort of movie enjoy it. Shows,really does. Summary: ignore poor reviews its brilliant

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/04/24

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Christophe F

Not a terrible adaptation but misses many great parts of the book.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/17/24

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Charley F

Thought that Ender's Game was entertaining and worth the watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/06/24

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Eric N

It is so far from the book that it doesn't even tell the same story let alone leave any opening for the to try and get it correct with the sequel.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/17/24

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Gavin Hood

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Asa Butterfield

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Hailee Steinfeld

Petra Arkanian

Abigail Breslin

Valentine Wiggin

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Synopsis

When hostile aliens called the Formics attack Earth, only the legendary heroics of Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley) manage to attain a victory. To prepare for the next attack, Col. Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) and his cohorts initiate a military program to find the next Mazer. Recruit Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) exhibits an unusual gift for the training, easily mastering all of the challenges thrown at him. Mazer Rackham, himself, takes Ender as a protege to prepare him for the oncoming war.

Director: Gavin Hood
Producer: Gigi Pritzker, Linda McDonough, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Robert Chartoff, Lynn Hendee, Orson Scott Card, Ed Ulbrich
Screenwriter: Gavin Hood
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
Production Co: Digital Domain, Odd Lot Entertainment, Summit Entertainment, Taleswapper, Chartoff Productions, K/O Paper Products
Rating: PG-13 (Some Violence|Sci-Fi Action|Thematic Material)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 1, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 19, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $61.7M
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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