
The Earth was ravaged by the Formics, an alien race seemingly determined to destroy humanity. Fifty years later, the people of Earth remain banded together to prevent their own annihilation from this technologically superior alien species. Ender Wiggin, a quiet but brilliant boy, may become the savior of the human race. He is separated from his beloved sister and his terrifying brother and brought to battle school in orbit around earth. He will be tested and honed into an emp... (Full plot summary below)
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The Earth was ravaged by the Formics, an alien race seemingly determined to destroy humanity. Fifty years later, the people of Earth remain banded together to prevent their own annihilation from this technologically superior alien species. Ender Wiggin, a quiet but brilliant boy, may become the savior of the human race. He is separated from his beloved sister and his terrifying brother and brought to battle school in orbit around earth. He will be tested and honed into an empathetic killer who begins to despise what he does as he learns to fight in hopes of saving Earth and his family.
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| Sci-Fi Movie PageDaniel M. KimmelGavin Hood's adaptation is one of the best book-to-screen transitions of any work of science fiction. |
| CraveOnlineWilliam BibbianiThe most faithful and dramatically impactful adaptation that fans of the novel could hope for. |
| The Film StageForrest CardamenisFar too benign and, in this blockbuster season, far too tired to leave any bad taste in the mouth, Ender's Game is better the less one thinks about it. |
| HitFixGuy LodgeA carefully constructed, serious-minded commercial entertainment that treats its young audience with an unusual degree of intelligence. |
| Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesIt is no exaggeration that I wandered through two hours of this material grinning like an inquisitive schoolboy. |
| Willamette WeekCurtis WoloschukA young adult film that refuses to be easily dismissed. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenThe story is clever enough, but not really satisfying because there is too much artificiality, in the way a computer game is artificial, and not enough reality in the story. |
| Fat Guys at the MoviesKevin CarrBeyond the sci-fi spectacle, Ender's Game deals with heavier issues such as the nature of war, regret, guilt, sacrifice and suffering. |
| Kansas City StarJon Niccumincorporates intriguing morality debates into a space adventure about young recruits fighting intergalactic bugs. But it's very serious. Almost joyless. It's like "Starship Troopers" minus the campy humor and wanton nudity. |
| Kaplan vs. KaplanJeanne KaplanWhile I found it to be well-acted (except for Harrison Ford) and visually entertaining, the premise of a 12-year-old becoming the military leader of Planet Earth is a tad disturbing. |