Ender's Game

PG-13

Released Nov 1, 2013

1h 54m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Action

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62%

Tomatometer

226 Reviews

65%

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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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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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Allen K

There was zero character development. It felt like you had to read the book just to understand what was going on. They jumped from one major scene in the book to another without setting up how they got to that point. The actors chosen for the parts don't fit the characters from the book at all. The acting and writing for this movie were horrible. What a shame they ruined a perfectly written book with this horrible movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/08/24

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Mark B

It is a good movie. I did not read the book and did not know the story so I cannot comment on how it relates good or bad but as a stand alone movie it was well paced and well acted.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/25/24

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Carlos T

Filme: Ender's Game @endresgamemovie Assistido: 25-12-23 Elenco: @asabopp @harrisonford_tohonor_official @benkingslwy.ig @haileesteinfeld @abbienormal9 @brandonsoohoo @surajpartha @khylinrambo @490tx @violadavis Modelo: #ficção #aventura #game Duração: 1h 54m Ano: 2013 Minha opinião: Imagine você ser transportado para dentro de um game, isto é este filme. E trazer Harrison Ford veterano, junto de um novato e protagonista Asa. Filme de Ficção que traz todo o espaço como a zona de game. O filme lembra Tropa Estelares um filme de 1997 estilo trash. Mas a luta que os humanos tem com aliens. Da mesma forma é aqui, onde os humanos salvaram a Terra de uma invasão. E agora estão preparando um novo exercito para vencer, mas agora é indo até o planeta deles. E assim estão recrutando adolescentes com grande capacidade de simulação como e um game. E assim são recurtado Wiggin, inimigo Bonzo, Bean, Peter, Dink, Alai, Fly e a afair Petra. Como em um quartel são treinados e simulações são realizadas. E temos os bozinhos e os malvados. E como em jogos de paint ball do futuro, até chegar a fase final. Todos sobre as ordens de Ford e Kingsley e o líder da aão Wiggin e seus companheiros e vencem a grande batalha. Até Wiggin descobrea verdade que não era um game, mas sim um ação real, que ele estava liderando naves verdadeiras e que exterminaram uma raça e que os aliens queriam invadir a Terra, mas sim exatamente o contrario. E assim ele se sente enganado por Ford e vai encontrar a rainha alien. Tudo deu a entender que haveria continuação, mas já se passaram 11 anos e aqueles adolescentes não são mais. Com efeitos CGI muitos bons, alguma coisa não satifez o publico, os atores? O protagonista? O roteiro? A estoria? Roteiro e enredo razoável, com bons efeitos. Vale apena assistir? Sim Nota: 7

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/12/24

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James L

More worthwhile than box office and critical ratings suggest. Yes, it doesn't hold a candle to the books and does way too much contraction of story to fit it all into a movie. Sad. Very sad, because the bones are all there. Losing Asa when he's most able to play this role is a tragedy. Bean was so great where he was able to shine and was underutilized in nearly every way. Despite all this, any lover of the novels should respect this attempt and grieve that it did not hit enough to get the needed sequels. In this day and age, the only justice would be to see another attempt as a series on the scale of The Expanse.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/19/24

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Gavin Hood

Director

Harrison Ford

Col. Hyrum Graff

Asa Butterfield

Ender Wiggin

Hailee Steinfeld

Petra Arkanian

Abigail Breslin

Valentine Wiggin

Ben Kingsley

Mazer Rackham

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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: Bill Lischak, David Coatsworth, Ivy Zhong, Venkatesh Roddam, Ted Ravinett, Deborah Del Prete, Mandy Safavi
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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