Season of the Witch

Name: Season of the Witch
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Released: January 7, 2011
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 28
Cast: Claire Foy, Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman

2011

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Relativity Media | Release Date: January 7, 2011 | PG-13

Starring: Claire Foy, Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman

Summary: A heroic Crusader and his closest friend return home after decades of fierce fighting, only to find their world destroyed by the Plague. The church elders, convinced that a girl accused of being a witch is responsible for the devastation, command the two to transport the strange girl to a remote monastery where monks will perform an ancientA heroic Crusader and his closest friend return home after decades of fierce fighting, only to find their world destroyed by the Plague. The church elders, convinced that a girl accused of being a witch is responsible for the devastation, command the two to transport the strange girl to a remote monastery where monks will perform an ancient ritual to rid the land of her curse. They embark on a harrowing, action-filled journey that will test their strength and courage as they discover the girl's dark secret and find themselves battling a terrifyingly powerful force that will determine the fate of the world. (Relativity Media)… Expand

Director: Dominic Sena

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 95 min

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Movieline Stephanie Zacharek

Jan 6, 2011

Season of the Witch is barely even a Nicolas Cage movie. He wanders through the picture, zombified. Read full review

Rick Groen

Jan 6, 2011

The pretty good stuff comes early, when Nic and Ron, weary of wasting women and children, suffer an attack of conscience and desert the Crusades. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Jan 7, 2011

It would take a lot more than holy water to rescue Season of the Witch from mediocrity. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Jan 7, 2011

A movie that appears to have been shot entirely on leftover sets from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Read full review

Mark Olsen

Jan 6, 2011

Season of the Witch is at its worst when it tries to be a straight-ahead action-adventure film. The early sequence set against the epic battles of the Crusades is almost brazenly bad with its unconvincing "300"-style special effects. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Jan 10, 2011

The movie proceeds in near darkness, perhaps to obscure its shoddy special effects, but the pervasive gloom is less discouraging than star Nicolas Cage's indifferent performance. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Jan 6, 2011

Mr. Cage's knight ends up playing second banana to a digital devil. Welcome to the January dead zone. Read full review

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aarj

Jan 17, 2011

Incredibly cliched and incredibly enjoyable. Nic's hair is difficult to get past, as is the appalling script, but it's actually likable, with plenty of attractive locations, a great performance by the female ?witch and a buddy-movie feel between Nic Cage and Ron Perlman. It's undemanding butIncredibly cliched and incredibly enjoyable. Nic's hair is difficult to get past, as is the appalling script, but it's actually likable, with plenty of attractive locations, a great performance by the female ?witch and a buddy-movie feel between Nic Cage and Ron Perlman. It's undemanding but any film which opens with an old crone of a witch vomiting into a man's face gets my thumbs-up as a good night's mindless entertainment.… Expand

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mwagamer16

Jan 7, 2011

If you loved other classic nic cage films as Wicker Man and Ghost Rider then you will love Season of the Witch.. Ron Perlman is awesome as well and honestly if you go to movies to smell your own farts then go watch Black Swan and save some more children.

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johnbingham

May 13, 2016

Don't be fooled by the star power. This is a simple horror puzzler and a good one. It's about how you are feeling about the witch and what would you do in their shoes. It's a quest/journey story too... So, not a Hollywood blockbuster at all, but a low key twisty indie horror road tripDon't be fooled by the star power. This is a simple horror puzzler and a good one. It's about how you are feeling about the witch and what would you do in their shoes. It's a quest/journey story too... So, not a Hollywood blockbuster at all, but a low key twisty indie horror road trip with tension and some complexity that worked for me. I don't usually like supernatural movies, but this one felt genuine to me. I feel like this was marketed to blockbuster or dragon-slayer audiences, and it isn't that. It is more about the mixed feelings you have about the witch. I thought it did a better job than the much better rated "Witch" 2016 at that.… Expand