The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: July 14, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
17
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
The Sorcerer's Apprentice boils down to "The Karate Kid" meets "Harry Potter," with maybe a dash of "Ghostbusters" to keep it interesting. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Holleman
A tamer tale of supernatural shenanigans that is far more appropriate for young children than the sometimes too-scary scenes from J.K. Rowling's stories. Read full review
70
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
Cage will likely not earn a second Oscar here, but he and director Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure) make leftovers into fine PG malarkey with their hokey naïveté and prankish hocus-pocus. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderCliff Doerksen
The tone is both goofier and darker than the Potter pictures, and some of the magic battles built around New York City landmarks are eye-popping; there's also a genuinely affecting romance between Baruchel and fetching newcomer Teresa Palmer. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
Turteltaub has a workmanlike touch and an easy sense of humor here, and he and his team do a better-than-expected job of keeping you interested in the story, despite it being yet another Tale of a Reluctant Young Man With A Supernatural Hero's Calling. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The Sorcerer's Apprentice is too long, and it's ersatz magic, but at least it casts an ersatz spell. Read full review
65
MovielineStephanie Zacharek
Turteltaub strives to show us realistic-looking magic, without realizing he'd be better off if he acknowledged that there's no such thing. Instead, we get human figures that emerge "magically" from swarms of cockroaches and sorceresses who dissolve into dust particles right before our eyes. It's the best CGI money can buy, and who cares? Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a perfectly typical example of its type, professionally made and competently acted. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The CGI is relentless and what you might call reverse-magical: The more we're hit with stuff, the less wondrous it becomes. Read full review
63
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike Scott
As fun as it is at times -- particularly early on -- the longer The Sorcerer's Apprentice goes on, the more the magic wears off. Read full review
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