Synopsis
Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
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Cast
- Harrison FordColonel Hyrum Graff
- Asa ButterfieldEnder Wiggin
- Hailee SteinfeldPetra Arkanian
- Viola DavisMajor Gwen Anderson
- Ben KingsleyMazer Rackham
- Abigail BreslinValentine Wiggin
- Aramis KnightBean
- Moisés AriasBonzo Madrid
- Nonso AnozieSergeant Dap
- Suraj ParthaAlai
- 80
Total Film
Like its hero, Ender’s Game relies on brains more than brute force. An absorbing portrait of Lord Of The Flies-style morality housed in imaginative sci-fi casing. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
At times Ender’s Game throws so many metaphors and moral dilemmas our way, we almost forget to appreciate the stunning and gorgeous visuals covering every inch of the screen. Almost. - 70
Variety
An impressive, thought-provoking astro-adventure that benefits from the biggest screen available. - 60
Time Out London
It falters once the actual war begins: Ben Kingsley shows up as a Maori warrior with the weirdest imaginable accent, the final battle is uninvolving, and there’s an unconvincing upbeat coda. Ender’s Game ends up being fitfully engaging and endearingly odd. - 60
The Guardian
The movie's apocalyptic finale indicates that it's bitten off considerably more than it can chew in terms of ideas, but it looks good, and the story rattles along. - 60
The Telegraph
This starfighter-recruit blockbuster is refreshingly idea-driven. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
If only adapter-director Gavin Hood's movie had been tempered with craft and care and wasn't such a blunt instrument, one that seems designed as a delivery system for CGI derring-do instead of the heartbreaker it should be. - 58
The Playlist
As a mainstream sci-fi film, this enjoyable, occasionally poignant effort too often feels messy in the wrong ways.