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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 31 Oct 2013

Not only does Ender's Game have many scenes in zero gravity, but this zero-sum fiasco has zero drama, zero suspense, zero humor, zero charm…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 31 Oct 2013

Ender’s Game, the book, may have a special place in pop-lit. The movie, however, is as special as a migraine…

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By Sam Woolf (118) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 30 Oct 2013

Ender's Game is a surprisingly accessible YA adaptation that boasts a great lead performance, colourful visuals, and the toxic fingerprints…

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By Julian Roman (454) for MovieWeb (460) on 30 Oct 2013

A dark tale about the militarization of youth, Director Gavin Hood delivers a solid adaptation of the science fiction classic…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for CraveOnline (813) on 30 Oct 2013

The most faithful and dramatically impactful adaptation that fans of the novel could hope for…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 30 Oct 2013

An acute, surprisingly timely coming-of-age adventure, but one that only truly gets going and takes a turn into deeper, more perceptive thematic…

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By Tony Hicks (74) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 30 Oct 2013

Ender's Game truly captures the spirit and intensity of what is one of the most popular sci-fi stories of all time…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 30 Oct 2013

At times Ender’s Game throws so many metaphors and moral dilemmas our way, we almost forget to appreciate the stunning and gorgeous visuals…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 30 Oct 2013

Though it can’t overcome the source material’s problematic themes — namely, Card’s intentionalist morality, which prizes a character’s…

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By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 30 Oct 2013

It’s a brutal story and a heady high-concept idea, but it plays out through characters with no identity other than their symbolic ones, and…

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By Andy Lea (545) for Daily Star (403) on 29 Oct 2013

This gripping adventure shows Hollywood hasn't given up on thoughtful sci-fi just yet. A spectacular film and a surprising one…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for McClatchy-Tribune News Service (291) on 29 Oct 2013

Sure, it’s good-looking, cautionary and clever enough. But there’s not much in this “Game” that you’d call thrilling or fun…

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By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 28 Oct 2013

The Last Starfighter meets Heart of Darkness…

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By Richard Edwards (24) for SFX Magazine (298) on 28 Oct 2013

Successfully translates most of the book's more pertinent themes to the screen, while making enough storytelling fumbles to hint why it was…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 28 Oct 2013

My soul was never stirred. My spirit did not soar. My intellect did twitch a bit in ways that made my heart ache disagreeably, however…

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By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 28 Oct 2013

As a mainstream sci-fi film, this enjoyable, occasionally poignant effort too often feels messy in the wrong ways…

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By Ed Whitfield (493) for The Ooh Tray (482) on 25 Oct 2013

The film has been designed to appeal to the very instincts it pretends to criticise…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 24 Oct 2013

Having been the father of three 12-year-olds, I'm not sure I would have put them in charge of the family hamster, let alone the future of the…

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By Amon Warmann (68) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 24 Oct 2013

Despite the solid performances - and an admittedly intriguing final 10 minutes - Ender's Game is an underwhelming sci-fi that makes poor use…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for TheWrap (3,203) on 24 Oct 2013

Ultimately as much a polemic as tentpole entertainment, Ender's Game is a rare example of filmmaking with a scalpel at a scale that usually…

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