Dave (Jay Baruchel) is just an average college student, or so it appears, until the sorcerer Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) recruits him as his reluctant protege and gives him a crash course in the art and science of magic. As he prepares for a battle against the forces of darkness in modern-day Manhattan, Dave finds it is going to take all of the courage he can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes The Sorcerer';s Apprentice.
5 August 1980, New York, USA
30 September 1964, Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy
13 November 1987, Chandigarh, Punjab, India
13 June 1984, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 May 1953, London, England, UK
26 February 1986, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
24 August 1946, Marosvásárhely, Hungary [now Romania]
1 January 1987, Long Island, New York, USA
17 June 1983, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA
4 March 1977, Canton, China
7 January 1964, Long Beach, California, USA
9 September 1950, New York City, New York, USA
29 September 1942, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
5 June 1985, Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland
6 April 1998, Florida, USA
9 July 1982, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, UK
September 25, 2012
It's strange to have a film have so much magic within and yet ultimately not have enough of the right kind of magic to make it work.
July 16, 2010
There is much that's appealing, from the performances to the scene where Turteltaub re-creates a live-action version of the classic scene from Disney's Fantasia.
July 16, 2010
As Balthazar, Cage doesn't disappoint. He's just manic enough to keep the character from becoming too predictable. More's the pity, then, that a pro like him has to cede so much screen time to his character's young protege.
August 12, 2010
Casts a superficial and short-lived spell.
July 15, 2010
The Sorcerer's Apprentice should be rated U for Untouched by Human Hands.
April 01, 2011
It also looks quite nice with some well-designed adventure moments and clean camera work that's flashy but usually elegant. But that's a few islands of interest on a sea of interchangeable marketing parts that's all sizzle and no substance.
March 09, 2011
Whether intentional or not, The Sorcerer's Apprentice plays like Disney's stalled attempt to launch a stripped down Harry Potter-like franchise.
April 04, 2011
As an object to look at and be zoomed along in like an amusement park ride -- which is all it's meant to be -- this movie is pretty much more of the summery same.
May 09, 2011
drawing a line of lack-of-inspiration true and dire directly to Renny Harlin's already-completely-forgotten The Covenant.
January 16, 2011
The Sorcerer's Apprentice is one of those films that feels very close to being good.
July 16, 2010
He canâ(TM)t hold a candle to Mickey.
July 15, 2010
A big gob of mythical makeover and special effects-freewheeling fun.
