Is he going to give me a great performance?
Is he going to give me a bad performance?
Is he going to give me an awesomely bad performance?
He doesnt get out much, despite the best efforts of his roommates.
However, Dave is special.
Not special in the way in which special is a pejorative term, but special in an actual sense.
Victoria, another apprentice, gave up her life defending the earth from Morgan le Fay.
Its up to Horvath to free Morgan le Fay.
As Balthazar, Cage has a great place to store his various mannerisms.
As for the story, despite its relative simplicity, there were quite a few hands involved.
Five different people are listed with story credits on this one.
Im not sure why, since the movie doesnt really need that many writers.
Its a family-friendly action adventure with a little romance mixed in.
The movie is fairly focused despite this.
Then again, its not exactlyInception.
Theres also a nice balance between the comedy and the adventure, made competently.
Much likeNational Treasure, theres not a whole lot to rave about when it comesto The Sorcerers Apprentice.
Nicolas Cage is a lot of fun, the movie itself is pretty fun.
The love story drags it down a bit, but its cute enough and doesnt overstay its welcome.
The movies true audience, younger kids, should really eat it up with a spoon.
UScorrespondent Ron Hogan thinks Jay Baruchel is the love child of Adrien Brody and Jeff Goldblum.
As for Nicolas Cage, this is his best movie hairpiece in quite a while.
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Rating:
3 out of 5
