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Sorcerer's Apprentice
July 14, 2010
 

Cast and Filmmaker Summary

Plot Summary

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. It'll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Reviews

• A.O. Scott, negative review, (New York Times)
  "The method of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” is to string together pedestrian moments of explanation, comedy and emotion around noisy and derivative action sequences, some of which seem to go against the very premise of the movie."
• Claudia Puig, negative review, (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."
• Owen Gleiberman, mixed review, (Entertainment Weekly)
  "You may think that I'm about to sneer, but I found the ticky-tacky, hocus-pocus foolishness of The Sorcerer's Apprentice appealing in a turn-off-your-frontal-lobes way."
• Roger Ebert, mixed review, (Chicago Sun Times)
• Roger Moore, negative review, (The Orlando Sentinel)
  "...whatever the visual delights of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, this is still a Mickey Mouse action movie, and an utterly disposable one at that."
• Tom Long, positive review, (Detroit News)
  "A big gob of mythical makeover and special effects-freewheeling fun, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is your basic family summer blockbuster thriller: It's of little consequence, but it's a good ride. "

Box Office Performance

• Week 1: 7/16 - 7/18: $17,619,622, Cumulative: $24,708,059 , #3
• Week 2: 7/23 - 7/25: $9,651,495, Cumulative: $42,609,020 , #4
• Week 3: 7/30 - 8/1: $4,465,524, Cumulative: $52,026,528 , #9
• Week 4: 8/6 - 8/8: $2,361,228, Cumulative: $57,062,845 , #12
• Week 5: 8/13 - 8/15: $1,120,604, Cumulative: $59,538,764 , #16

Other Links

• Official Site
• Internet Movie Database Site