Sorcerer’s Apprentice Review
When I saw the trailer of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, I thought that the movie didn’t look good at all, though I thought I should review it anyway, and I was pleasantly surprised. This is a comedy adventure about a master sorcerer, Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage), and his apprentice, Dave, a twenty year-old nerdy physics student. Together they try to save the world from Balthazar’s arch-nemesis.
Rating:Four out of five buckets
Release Date: November 30, 2010
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 8+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent Content: Excessive
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild
Talking Points:
This was a funny, action packed movie.
When Dave, the physics student, was a ten year-old boy, he had a brief encounter with Balthazar. This created many psychological issues for Dave, because he was told that he was destined to be a powerful sorcerer. Ten years later we see Dave as the nerdy physic’s student still pursuing the same girl, and finally recovering from his childhood trauma, but then he’s pursued once again by Balthazar, the master sorcerer. Balthazar claims that physics and sorcery have a lot in common.
There are some nice lessons for kids. Balthazar continually says to Dave, “character counts-that to be great, one must be good.”
Sexual Content: Mild
- I loved romantic element of the movie. The nerdy boy, was attracted to a very cute girl, who was a DJ at a radio station. It was very entertaining watching him make his moves, to a girl way out of his league.
Some parts were clever.
As in most action movies, there’s conflict between good vs. evil, which we see in this movie.
Poor character development, I felt like I didn’t get to know the characters very well.
Violent Content: Moderate
- Younger kids may get scared because of the violence and scary creatures.
- Some examples: Electric thunderbolts fly from the wizards hands.
A Chinatown dragon becomes a scary creature that climbs buildings.
There are a lot of battles amongst the sorcerer’s. They’re thrown into ceilings and walls, they constantly push each other into magical mirrors.
Profanity or crude language: Mild
This is a PG movie, which I thought was appropriately rated. I interviewed many kids after the movie. A couple of six year-old girls said they liked it, but were scared in parts. A ten year old boy loved it, as did his mom. Walking out I heard a girl, who looked about ten, say to her dad, “That was the best movie I’ve ever scene, let’s see it again.”
Recommended age: For kids ages eight and up.
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