The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
What critics thought
Critics found this Nicolas Cage fantasy adventure a formulaic summer spectacle — enjoyable enough for undemanding audiences but weighed down by genre clichés and a script overworked by too many writers. Audiences responded more warmly than critics did, suggesting the film plays better as popcorn entertainment than as anything reviewers could take seriously.
“The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a tired relic of summer-movie cliches, clearly beaten to death by far too many credited writers.”
Kirk Honeycutt·The Hollywood Reporter
“This is a much better film than The Last Airbender, which is faint praise, but it's becoming clear that every weekend brings another heavily marketed action 'comedy' that pounds tens of millions out of consumers before evaporating.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Action, Adventure, Family
Cast & Crew
Jon TurteltaubDirector
Nicolas CageBalthazar Blake
Jay BaruchelDavid "Dave" Stutler
Alfred MolinaMaxim Horvath
Teresa PalmerRebecca "Becky" Barnes
Toby KebbellDrake Stone
Omar Benson MillerBennet Zurrow
Monica BellucciVeronica Gorloisen
Alice KrigeMorgana le Fay
Robert CapronOliver
James A. StephensMerlin
Nicole EhingerAbigail Williams
Trevor RabinComposer
Lawrence KonnerWriter
Matt LopezWriter
Bojan BazelliCinematographyThe Sorcerer's Apprentice
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
What critics thought
Critics found this Nicolas Cage fantasy adventure a formulaic summer spectacle — enjoyable enough for undemanding audiences but weighed down by genre clichés and a script overworked by too many writers. Audiences responded more warmly than critics did, suggesting the film plays better as popcorn entertainment than as anything reviewers could take seriously.
“The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a tired relic of summer-movie cliches, clearly beaten to death by far too many credited writers.”
Kirk Honeycutt·The Hollywood Reporter
“This is a much better film than The Last Airbender, which is faint praise, but it's becoming clear that every weekend brings another heavily marketed action 'comedy' that pounds tens of millions out of consumers before evaporating.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Action, Adventure, Family
Cast & Crew
Jon TurteltaubDirectorNicolas CageBalthazar BlakeJay BaruchelDavid "Dave" StutlerAlfred MolinaMaxim HorvathTeresa PalmerRebecca "Becky" BarnesToby KebbellDrake StoneOmar Benson MillerBennet ZurrowMonica BellucciVeronica GorloisenAlice KrigeMorgana le FayRobert CapronOliverJames A. StephensMerlinNicole EhingerAbigail WilliamsTrevor RabinComposerLawrence KonnerWriterMatt LopezWriterBojan BazelliCinematographyStream
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