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The Sorcerer's Apprentice

2010

Jon Turteltaub

Jay Baruchel, Nicolas Cage, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer ...

4.9

14,637

Fantasy. Adventure. Action. Comedy A sorcerer (Nicolas Cage) leaves his workshop in the hands of his apprentice (Baruchel), who gets into trouble when the broomstick he's tasked to do his chores for him somehow develops a mind of its own.

	Author	Review
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Director Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure) piles on gadgets and devices in the hopes we'll be dazzled enough to miss the story's lack of coherence and charm"	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It's an enjoyable action-fantasy adventure with a sparky script"	POS
United States	Walter Addiego SFGATE	"It's an OK, family-oriented comedy action blockbuster"	NEU
United States	David Fear Time Out	"It whizzes by more quickly than you can say "Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer," while also being magically devoid of anything resembling character, originality or distinction."	NEG
United States	Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle	"If there were any brooms in Disney's new Sorcerer's Apprentice they would have to be used to sweep this tired dreck to the curb"	NEG
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Director Jon Turteltaub piles on gadgets and devices in the hopes we'll be dazzled enough to miss the story's lack of coherence and charm (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"The movie isn't so much bad as it is formulaic and uninspired (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' is too long, and it's ersatz magic, but at least it casts an ersatz spell."	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"Despite Cage in a snit, it's a likable if functional summer-show"	NEU
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"While Mr. Molina and Mr. Cage supply a measure of well-compensated eccentricity, their labors ultimately serve to emphasize the grinding mediocrity of the enterprise"	NEG
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"A two-hour trailer: explosion, shape-shift, chase, wisecrack, repeat. Its most amazing trick will be how it vanishes from your memory before the seat you vacate has stopped moving."	NEG

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