A complete bastardization of a great novel

Rating: 3/10 (7 April 2017)

Okay, I gave this movie a 3 for the simple reason that some of the CGI was cool and added a bit of depth for visualizing the novel into a contemporary theme.
I had hopes that the movie might hold up at least as an interesting sci-fi on it's own merits. Much like the newer release of Star Trek, all far removed from the original story, but good if not compared to the original cast and stories. It does NOT.
The pacing is ridiculous, the story too contrived, and the characters two-dimensional. I understand the constraints of the film and time and therefore must conclude that it was a foolish mistake to make a movie out of the book. It would have been better to make a mini-series, with a less known cast, over a longer period of time on a fraction of the budget for the simple reason that "Ender's Game" lends itself ideally to that type of cinema.
Perhaps, if I'd never read the book, I could have like the movie enough to give it another star or two, but I doubt it. I wholly suggest you save your money and time and instead invest in the book or even the audiobook, which was really well done.