Ender's Game (2013)

Ender's Game rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.6/10· 263K votes

Rotten Tomatoes63%

Metacritic51%

TMDb6.592/10· 6K votes

With 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 51/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Ender's Game

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.

Cast of Ender's Game

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  Asa Butterfield

  as Ender Wiggin

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  Hailee Steinfeld

  as Petra Arkanian

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  Harrison Ford

  as Colonel Hyrum Graff

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  Viola Davis

  as Major Gwen Anderson

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  Ben Kingsley

  as Mazer Rackham

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  Abigail Breslin

  as Valentine Wiggin

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  Aramis Knight

  as Bean

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  Moisés Arias

  as Bonzo Madrid

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  Nonso Anozie

  as Sergeant Dap

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  Suraj Partha

  as Alai

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  Khylin Rhambo

  as Dink Meeker

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  Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak

  as Peter Wiggin

Ender's Game facts

Budget

$110M

Box office

$125.5M

Our take on Ender's Game

Adapted from Orson Scott Card's classic novel, Gavin Hood's 2013 science-fiction adventure follows Earth's most gifted children as they train to defend their home planet in the space wars of the future. The story leans on rigorous military schooling, strategic games and the moral weight placed on young shoulders, blending big-idea speculative concepts with coming-of-age tension. It suits viewers who like their science fiction thoughtful as well as spectacular, and readers curious how the source material translates to screen. Those wanting nonstop action may find its emphasis on training and ethics slower, but anyone drawn to stories about gifted kids carrying impossible burdens will find it rewarding.