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The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

2010
Comedy, Drama
1h 49m
Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), 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.
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice

2010
Comedy, Drama
1h 49m
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Rated 23 Jul 2010
2
14th
Pardon me if this sounds overdramatic, but The Sorcerer's Apprentice is everything that's wrong with contemporary cinema. Sure, it's robustly produced, glossy, and full of special effects, but in the end it's just a lump of made-by-committee nothing, without a single moment that even attempts to move, surprise, excite, or intrigue you in any way whatsoever. The lack of ambition is grotesque.
Rated 05 Dec 2010
65
45th
Not all bad. The story was by the numbers and pretty predictable. It explains EVERYTHING (but I think they did that because the target audience is pretty young). While I think most kids will enjoy the whole movie, the effects and a few humorous parts will make it watchable for adults. Not anything I would recommend to people my age, but if you have a kid you could do a lot worse in terms of films you watch with them.
Rated 16 Jan 2011
40
19th
Bellucci is the only reason to even consider wasting your time with this. Cage is bland and Baruchel's shtick is growing tiresome ever so fast.
Rated 25 Jul 2010
30
5th
If it's Nicholas Cage, it's bad. But this time it goes further and ends up as nothing but a mockery; an unfathomably apologetic film, wasting a talented VFX team's brilliantly done visual effects, by a team of filmmakers who seem to be utterly clueless as to what they are making.
Rated 15 Nov 2010
53
25th
Nic makes it passable.
Rated 28 Jul 2010
30
12th
Baruchel plays a staggeringly boring protagonist; I tried to think of a single likable trait in the guy, and came up empty. Consequently, the love scenes are hilarious because you have Bellucci's character falling for him for no explicable reason. It would make as much sense for her to fall in love with a baked potato - maybe more. Additionally, the plot is so typical that you could find more originality at a plagiarist convention. Watch it for Nick Cage - there's no other reason to see this.
Rated 01 Aug 2010
50
30th
Entertaining for sure! The new Cage is sublime; the mildly decrepit middle-aged Cage, accepting his role as no longer being sex-symbol, trying to be half de Niro, half Stallone, but just being fun, versatile and not afraid of any character. I wanna see more. Some of the stuff in the film was abysmal, as you would've expected, but still, young guns acted fine, Molina was superb I think, speaking of versatile (!), and well ... better than I'd expected. Lame, anti-climax ending, though.
Rated 18 Jul 2010
0
12th
Only a self-professed "physics nerd," Jay Baruchel channelling Christian Slater, has the capacity to become the Prime Merlinian who once and for all can vanquish Morgana le Fay and prevent the enslavement of mankind, if he's not too distracted by his pursuit of a childhood sweetheart, Teresa Palmer channelling Scarlett Johansson. Flippant apocalyptic fantasy, slickly, greasily photographed by Bojan Bozelli.
Rated 26 Nov 2010
51
15th
Think it accomplishes what it sets out to do. Cage is as enjoyable as always. I thought some of the vibe of the movie was pretty direct-to-tv, but you know what? I enjoyed this enough to say people should give it a go. It's light fantasy, but it's not without it's charm. And it definitely doesn't deserve all the hate it's getting... save it for a truly offensive movie that tries to offer more than just a decent time.
Rated 30 May 2011
48
24th
A film that tries very hard not to exceed any expectations. It's exactly what it looks like in the trailer, and that's not much. Very hand-holding and generally just watered down from what could've been a modern day children's classic like Disney's last venture with the source material. The special effects are just okay, and the characters are all pretty flat.
Rated 24 Aug 2010
75
85th
Cage is one of the actors I like so much. He can play what ever role. Here as a sorcerer he played so great. Beautiful visuel effects.
Rated 29 Dec 2010
5
43rd
All points to the cast as they try their hearts out. Ends up looking like a profit seeking singled minded adventure.
Rated 14 Nov 2010
13
10th
Kid stuff. The story sucks, effects suck, directing sucks. There's not one good actor. With Bellucci they lay on her beauty; she did not have to act. All points for her.
Rated 29 Dec 2010
30
7th
Cool dragon, dude. Time for Jay Baruchel to get over puberty and Nic Cage to learn some acting? Gets points for the special effects and Bellucci's... huge tracts of land.
Rated 31 Jul 2012
50
32nd
Something about present-day Nic Cage is just so off that it's hilarious. Every time the guy appeared on screen for the first 5 minutes of the film, I burst out laughing. For what this is--just your regular toothless, polished-to-no-end teen flick (with a nutty budget)--it's perfectly passable, with fine action and some funny moments (not counting my "bwahaha, it's Nic Cage! Bwahaha"-blackouts). Props for making good use of the electricity stuff and for actually using a bit of logic.
Rated 29 Dec 2012
30
12th
Hahah no.
Rated 11 Sep 2013
56
32nd
I don't like Nicolas Cage so much, but he did a decent job here. Acting and the story are all ok. Showing the passing time is a nice thing, too. Special effects don't scream for attention, but are spectacular nonetheless (i.e. I liked the "mirror" thing a lot).The leading theme can be named "the chosen one" type of movie, so if you like this stuff, you won't regret watching. You will also like it if you like fantasy - action movies. But mind me, it's nothing very original, an enjoyable eyecandy.
Rated 15 Nov 2010
78
54th
Cage can make anything entertaining and while this story has flaws he's at least given interesting concepts and set pieces to work with. Molina and even Baruchel follow his lead, which makes the cheesiness more cohesive and the movie as a whole a fun if somewhat forgettable experience.
Rated 26 May 2011
81
78th
not a bad movie at all, has enough action in it to keep you engaged the entire time, and the eye candy was made well enough to not put you off. might be a bit on the kiddie side of things, but that never stopped me from liking a movie before.
Rated 12 Jul 2011
52
18th
Film had awesome special effects and Nicholas Cage was actually really likeable in this film, but then you have Jay Baruchel. Not a very likeable titular apprentice, and watching the movie knowing that little shitlicker was going to end up saving the day at the end, and get the girl... that was really, really hard to swallow.
Rated 08 Dec 2014
50
4th
Forgot I watched this.
Rated 22 Sep 2010
68
32nd
Lacking in a lot of ways, but hey at least it delivers some legit sorcerer fights, which is all anyone seeing this should really expect from it.
Rated 13 Dec 2010
62
23rd
The more Nic does these amazingly lame adventure/fantasia movies the more I feel that he has found his genre.
Rated 19 Sep 2010
63
70th
ger; [Duell der Magier]; der magier balthazar sucht nach dem erben von merlin, welcher die schlacht für die gute seite entscheiden soll - leider ist dieser anfangs ein physiknerd.; (fehlbesetzung des magierschülers kann auch nicolas cage nicht retten, filmbruch bei der plötzlichen entwicklung des ängstlichem nerd zum selbstbewussten superheld);
Rated 08 Aug 2010
64
19th
Features significantly less Nic Cage awesome acting than I was lead to believe and features a very generic plot. Also features less awesome evil sorcerers than the film lets on initially. For fighting Morganites for 1000 years there apparently weren't many that Balthazar decided he should trap. Also features less dead-army than expected. Everything that could've made this more enjoyable was lacking instead consistent with poorly written dialogue and obvious plot directions.
Rated 05 May 2011
56
20th
Cage's hairpiece makes another poor career decision.
Rated 26 Jul 2010
75
40th
Not the deepest movie, however it was a very fun movie and it left me entertained.
Rated 24 Nov 2010
80
45th
Actually really good for Nicolas Cage, I thoroughly enjoyed it
Rated 03 Dec 2010
70
42nd
An enjoyable watch that shoots for something and achieves it. Yet another example of Nicolas Cage playing a character and having fun with it. I love reading reviews that hate on the movie for being "kid stuff". Well... it's a Disney movie, dumbass, what did you expect? That's your own fault, not the movie's. You really have to suspend your disbelief in order to enjoy the movie (which, you're walking into a movie about sorcerers, does that REALLY surprise you?), but it's definitely enjoyable.
Rated 30 Dec 2010
78
54th
It has kind of a fun feel, but the story never really leads up to anything. I thought the pacing was poor and the ending had no build up or dramatic punch. I thought the film got kind of sloppy and unraveled as the film went. Has some nice visuals though.
Rated 04 Jul 2014
84
51st
I know somebody who would have freaked out if they had seen; that is to say, saw a beetle bug car getting demolished on this film.
Rated 06 Aug 2010
44
10th
This isn't a terrible film. It's completely watchable, with strong direction and incredible action sequences that flow well with the pace of a movie. But why have characters in this action when I don't care about these characters? They're all entirely 2-dimentional cutouts from a number of similar films. The entire concept of "the chosen one" has been worn out and this film does NOTHING new. A good game would be to hang out with film fans and drink every time you spot a cliche.
Rated 04 Feb 2023
31
12th
terrible, rushed, generic, fun in some places. Baruchel is super unlikeable and not nearly enough Nic Cage.
Rated 29 Sep 2013
77
32nd
very.....strange.
Rated 23 Mar 2020
40
15th
This movie was not very memorable.
Rated 27 Jul 2010
30
32nd
Cage was far less flamboyant and over the top than I imagined he would be (that's a bad thing), and pardon me but, movie, I don't need you to explain every damn thing to me as if I were a mouth breather.
Rated 24 Apr 2012
6
18th
no.
Rated 03 Jan 2013
69
10th
Cage only fits for certain roles and this isn't one of them, The Sorcerers Apprentice could only entertain some people who appreciate Disney.
Rated 27 Mar 2011
0
2nd
I don't know who this Jay Baruchel guy is but I'll be sure to avoid anything he's in from now on.
Rated 03 Oct 2011
56
15th
It couldn't get more clichéd if it tried; The Sorcerer's Apprentice was barely entertaining and another Nicholas Cage flop
Rated 04 Aug 2017
50
26th
Many cliches, it nevertheless finds a couple of nice moments thanks to a good cast and somewhat interesting lore.
Rated 23 Jul 2010
55
54th
Comedy adventure about a modern-day master sorcerer living in Manhattan, who recruits a reluctant young man to be his apprentice in order to go toe to toe with his arch-nemesis. a grandly conceived, special effects-laden affair.... It just doesn't feel like a powerful enough .
Rated 24 Jul 2011
65
13th
Now I am convinced, Jay Baruchel has never played a character in his life.
Rated 15 Nov 2010
74
52nd
When you watch it, make sure to fix some plain toast and tap water for a totally bland evening. BTW, could've been better without Cage.
Rated 27 Jan 2011
33
29th
*yawn* ... I guess Cage is slightly amusing. Otherwise it's a pretty uninteresting movie. I used to think Jay Baruchel had some potential, but he is quickly becoming the new Michael Cera.
Rated 07 Feb 2011
45
35th
There's something instinctly likeable about Baruchel, but he's given nothing but a bland repetitive script to work with. The effects are pretty though, and so is Monica Belluci. Mmm. Pretty.
Rated 30 Dec 2011
50
46th
This film has what the Harry Potter series was missing: wizards battling it out in truly spectacular fashion. Worth seeing for that reason alone (and a few glimpses of Monica Bellucci in all her glory). Baruchel is quite good in the lead role. The Transformers films could have been much better with Baruchel in the lead role rather than the ever-irritating Shia Laboeuf.
Rated 30 Jul 2010
70
54th
Not as cheesy as the trailers indicated with the "weapon of choice" shtick. I particularly liked the Tesla music, the Wall Street Bull rampage, and was pleasantly surprised with the mop and broom Fantasia redux. Nothing momentous, but fun.
Rated 04 Aug 2010
84
16th
The story was a little hunky dorey, but great special effects.
Rated 17 Nov 2010
60
25th
Nice visuals, but the story is not very good. Even the Tesla coil music couldn't save that movie.
Rated 03 Jun 2011
20
16th
"This PG-Rated Jerry Bruckheimer production is slick as an oiled weasel: larded with fancy special effects, canned romance, corny humor and a general lack of sophistication."
Rated 21 Jul 2011
40
29th
For a movie like this pacing is everything, but we're forced through back story and exposition for nearly half the film with both heroes and villains lacking basic urgency or competence. The saddest thing of all is in a role seemingly built for a manic Nicolas Cage, we get instead a tortuously subdued performance amongst a sea of actors who couldn't be more bored with their roles.
Rated 03 Feb 2015
13
7th
There are some redeeming scenes in the early part of this movie, but the second half is horrible.
Rated 21 Jul 2010
75
38th
Only all right, Baruchel has done better work, this might be the end of the line for Cage.
Rated 17 Nov 2010
53
22nd
Well Nic is good actor, but this was pretty boring film from the begining to the whole end...
Rated 29 Oct 2012
30
28th
Nicolas Cage really needs money.
Rated 07 Dec 2010
50
31st
I like the flashy magic, but it is still a Disney picture, so it is more for a younger croud, really.
Rated 17 Jan 2011
40
14th
- might want to skip this one
Rated 19 Aug 2010
72
63rd
Entertaining as hell! Full of action, witty spells (what about the hungarian mirror spell?), some great performances and great humour. Nicolas cage did a good thing as all the others. Some stupid onliners, but that's ok. didn't bother me that much. The only thing that really bothered me was that this film looked like some sort of Dragonball meets Harry Potter. Still, defenitelly worth a watch.
Rated 02 Dec 2010
35
12th
bad !
Rated 25 Jan 2013
84
69th
I was pretty surprised at how much I liked this movie. Cage was really good, although I do wish that he would have brought more of his good craziness into his role ala Drive Angry. Still I liked Cage regardless. I thought that the main character's love interest was absolutely gorgeous. Jay Baruchel did fine, his voice grated on me sometimes though. I did like some of his funny facial expressions, plus he became an ultimate badass at the end of the film. Not bad for live action Disney.
Rated 24 Nov 2010
40
3rd
I find myself truly becoming very annoyed every time I think of other Fantasia/Disney Rides/anything nostalgic whatsoever getting treatment like this... I would hope this would be one of the last of these sorts of movies, but I highly doubt it.
Rated 26 Dec 2010
58
25th
Gunumuz dunyasini buyu dunyasiyla birlestirmis. En azindan seri olacak sekilde bitmedi.
Rated 16 Dec 2013
35
3rd
Nicolas Cage is horribly miscast in this film. Jay Baruchel does well with his character. The script is ludicrous and the story is flimsy. There are some unintentional funny moments. Definitely skip this movie.
Rated 20 Nov 2010
20
41st
"There's no logic in The Sorcerer's Apprentice that can't be, and mostly isn't, made up on the spot, a concept that will likely appeal to real-life 10 year olds but irk everyone else." - Simon Abrams
Rated 28 Nov 2010
70
28th
what a romantic end ... c'mon
Rated 21 Feb 2015
60
21st
Tahmin edilebilir bir hikaye ve son ve Nicholas Cage filmi oldukça kötüleştirse de, eğlenceli efektler/aksiyon sahneleri ve Tesla Coil sahnesi izlenebilir kılıyor.
Rated 20 Nov 2010
49
15th
more annoying than funny
Rated 13 Feb 2011
41
9th
Goes seriously downhill whenever Cage is not on screen. Baruchel is incredibly irritating and his voice sounds like someone doing a caricature of a nerd.
Rated 03 Jun 2013
60
47th
http://gorgview.com/the-sorcerers-apprentice
Rated 01 Oct 2012
50
21st
Cages rules the rest drools. Jay Baruchel is the worst actor, someone send him and McLovin to the sun.
Rated 01 Jul 2013
70
40th
Adoro esses filminhos.
Rated 07 Aug 2010
20
9th
Without Cage it would have been a pile of crap. If you shut down your mind, this film is mildly enjoyable, just don't pay any attention to all the flapping loose ends, too many to count.
Rated 18 Feb 2012
70
41st
This was a fun movie. I like Nic Cage in these types of roles.
Rated 21 Jul 2010
65
15th
This film becomes unremarkable when it keeps removing what could be there to appeal to kids. It could have been a very fun ride, but...kids.
Rated 17 Jul 2010
65
45th
It's not bad but just good. Good dragons, flames, and glowing stuff but far too noisy. There's enough in this one though to keep the kids entertained for a couple of hours. It nicely leaves out a lot of the violence one comes to expect in this kind of film.
Rated 01 Aug 2010
1
20th
Pleasant if you want to pass time.
Rated 30 Oct 2016
57
17th
57.000
Rated 17 Jul 2011
35
27th
Ehhh there's not much to be found here at all, but I struggle calling it awful. It just isn't enjoyable in anyway. Cage was pretty cool but as Melvin Smif noted, he wasn't over-the-top enough. Feels like maybe the director asked him to tone down his eccentricities so it'd be more 'family friendly' or something.
Rated 17 Nov 2010
65
53rd
Like how they put in a Mickey Mouse as a wizard motif in it.
Rated 17 Nov 2010
3
1st
And here I was thinking that National Treasure 2 was as low as the Bruckheimer-Turteltaub-Cage-Disney axel could go.
Rated 24 Nov 2010
50
44th
The plot is clumsily over explained and the humor is weak and predictable. But somehow I was still entertained and I had a somewhat good time. There is a chance I was just in a very forgiving mood, but Turteltaub and Cage always deliveries a minimum of quality.
Rated 13 Sep 2010
50
35th
Mildly entertaining kids film.
Rated 18 Nov 2010
65
30th
Actually not all that bad. Great acting by Cage and Alfred Molina.. and not so much by Jay Baruchel. Some cool magic tricks make for an entertaining watch!
Rated 26 Nov 2011
35
18th
This movie made by a committee of humorless genderless robots
Rated 12 Mar 2011
77
20th
The movie was good and entertained me. See it and enjoy.
Rated 06 Aug 2011
80
51st
Much better than I expected. Not too much romance, well integrated comedic elements (again not too much) and overall quite relaxed fun.
Rated 04 Dec 2016
10
1st
I fucking hate Nicolas Cage and I fucking hate this cliched piece of garbage.
Rated 08 Jan 2011
56
86th
God underholdning, mange gode effekter og skuespil af normal Disney-karakter - uden kanter og bandeord. Jeg havde frygtet den var værre end den viste sig at være...
Rated 18 Apr 2011
10
4th
Bad Movie
Rated 02 Aug 2015
55
32nd
I waited and waited for Cage's character to die, and I wasn't disappointed...until he was brought back to life. What a tease.
Rated 17 Oct 2010
70
45th
Nickolas Cage... I think scenery absorbed his weirdness.
Rated 28 May 2012
40
6th
Some cool special effects and a charming performance by Jay Baruchel, but a pretty run-of-the-mill children's-type fantasy movie.
Rated 22 Aug 2010
100
51st
very cool magic movie
Rated 01 Aug 2010
25
17th
Not entirely sure if it's good or bad that there is more magic in a look shared between two 10-year-olds on a bus than in the entire rest of the movie. It is, I think, both disappointing and amazing, and indicative of the fact that while the film fails at almost everything it tries, beneath the horrendous exposition, misguided choices and nonsense lies a film with a beating heart, and maybe even a soul. Unfortunately they didn't film that part, so we're left with this.
Rated 29 Jan 2013
68
40th
Plot is rather predictable, doesn't really bring anything new to the table. Still, I thought the film was enjoyable. Effects look great, the acting is pretty good too, liking the cast. This film could have been more if it had a more interesting script.
Rated 19 Jun 2011
45
23rd
Bland and predictable; even Alfred Molina is boring.
Rated 20 Nov 2010
40
34th
I knew it! That voice just cannot be confused. It is nice that fantasy films do have such an iconic timbre.
Rated 30 May 2011
40
2nd
Perhaps buried somewhere inside its script there is a decent idea that could then be professionally fleshed out into an actual film, but no amount of mop and broom live action referencing and shiny electric bubbles can justify this junk. It's a family popcorn movie but nothing more. It's forgettable and has plenty of holes.
Rated 16 Mar 2012
50
7th
Saw it. Meh.

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