Ender's Game

2013 • 113 minutes

About this movie

Harrison Ford; Asa Butterfield; Hailee Steinfeld; Ben Kingsley; Viola Davis; and Abigail Breslin lead this action-packed sci-fi thriller based on the best-selling novel. As fears of a total alien takeover escalate; Earth's International Fleet recruits Ender Wiggin [Butterfield]; a brilliant young boy, to command its forces in the fight to save the human race in this epic sci-fi adventure bursting with stunning visual effects.

Ratings and reviews

I have seen this three times and it's a quality movie with meaning. It was a bit disturbing for me to see a larger kid beat up a smaller kid. The acting by veteran actors was subdued but great, at times over-the-top but solid. The ending is a tearjerker and Ender brings a lot of young emotion to his part. I am sure if our world today suffered the same decisions and destruction from other beings...we may act the same. Makes you think. I never read the books but plan to.

To be fair, this was a dense and technical book to adapt. How ever, even with an uphill battle, they absolutely defecated themselves to failure. There was no fun, all way too serious, all the emotional beats they tried for were not earned and did not land. Nothing about this worked. Just go re-read the book. Save your 3.99$ to rent or your 15$ a month subscribing to HBO Max.

They really just absolutely ruined the story. The acting is subpar and the whole development of the characters is rushed. So much of the nuance that made the book so great is lost here. Just a really bad version of the story.