Age of actors is appropriate to accommodate time period of book

Rating: 8/10 (25 February 2014)

Movie was great, yes character development could have been better, but I felt the script and actor did an amazing job revealing the complexities required to be who Ender was supposed to be. Movie would definitely have been better if longer.
Ender's age, though the novel encompasses a far longer time frame I felt that by choosing , one actor who fell middle of the road age-wise, the movie accomplished a continuity that would have failed if different actors were used to play the character.
Regarding Donald Armstead's review-Confused as to why he has a problem with height difference between Ender and Bonzo. Actor playing Bonzo is clearly older than Ender, in fact, he is actually 3 years older than the actor playing Ender. Even then just watching them it's obvious. In the long run it actually helps to clarify all the difficulties Ender must face to accomplish what is being required of him.