Ender's Game
2013 · Movie · PG-13 · 114 min · ★ 6.6 · 57% critics
In a future shaped by alien war, gifted children are recruited into an intense military training program meant to prepare them for the next great threat. As one young strategist rises through the ranks, the pressure of leadership, competition, and difficult choices grows heavier.
Based on Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-10-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 57/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (6,259 votes)
- Budget
- $110,000,000
About
You may enjoy this if you like young-hero sci-fi with training challenges and moral pressure, especially near Divergent or Pacific Rim; Not for you if you need deep book-level detail.
Pros: engaging sci-fi premise; strong visual effects; thoughtful moral tension | Cons: rushed story beats; limited emotional depth; thin supporting roles
Themes
- based on novel or book
- fight
- starship
- intolerance
- war strategy
- chosen one
- earth
- child prodigy
- futuristic
- space
- alien invasion
- universe
- +8 more
Cast & crew
Asa Butterfield
as Ender Wiggin
Hailee Steinfeld
as Petra Arkanian
Harrison Ford
as Colonel Hyrum Graff
Viola Davis
as Major Gwen Anderson
Ben Kingsley
as Mazer Rackham
Abigail Breslin
as Valentine Wiggin
Aramis Knight
as Bean
Moisés Arias
as Bonzo Madrid
Nonso Anozie
as Sergeant Dap
Suraj Partha
as Alai
Directed by Gavin Hood