The read
A Balasaur Score of 54 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 40%, Metacritic 46/100. Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,164 2010s fantasy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Disney+.
Synopsis
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
5,375 audience votes
Key crew
- Doug MiroScreenplay
- Jon TurteltaubDirector
- Carlo BernardScreenplay
- Trevor RabinOriginal Music Composer
- Mark RosenthalWriter
- Matt LopezWriter
- Lawrence KonnerWriter
Cast
- Nicolas CageBalthazar Blake
- Jay BaruchelDavid "Dave" Stutler
- Alfred MolinaMaxim Horvath
- Teresa PalmerRebecca "Becky" Barnes
- Toby KebbellDrake Stone
- Omar Benson MillerBennet Zurrow
- Monica BellucciVeronica Gorloisen
- Alice KrigeMorgana le Fay
- Robert CapronOliver
- James A. StephensMerlin
- Gregory WooSun-Lok
- Nicole EhingerAbigail Williams
Stills
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2019
Shares: Epic Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Magic
