Nicolas Cage plays a centuries old sorcerer, once an apprentice to Merlin, working to save the world from the evil Morgana. Alfred Molina plays the evil centuries old sorcerer, also former apprentice to Merlin, working to free Morgana from her imprisonment and help destroy the world. Of course Cage can't do this alone, so he enlists the help of a young geeky NYU physics student who has enough natural magical talent (unbeknownst to him of course) to be an heir to Merlin and savior of the world. This is just good, clean fun. What I like about this film is that it is really a PG rated magic film. Nothing really scary or creepy. You could actually take your 10 year old to see this, where I would not take a kid to see many of the later Harry Potter films. They are downright scary. By the way, did I ever tell you how much I like Alfred Molina? Check out An Education for another example of his excellent, subtle work.
3 stars (out of 5)
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