If you’ve watched Fantasia you’re partly familiar with The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, but not enough to know the whole plot.

I don’t want to spoil things for you so I’ll go with what you’ve seen on commercials.  Balthazar (Nicolas Cage) is a sorcerer who’s just picked up an apprentice named Dave (Jay Baruchel).  The two of them are fighting an evil sorcerer, Horvath (Alfred Molina), who’s trying to destroy downtown New York City.

That’s where the common knowledge really ends. Baruchel (How To Train Your Dragon, She’s Out Of My League) plays the lovable geek, as is his usual shtick. I’ve loved watching Baruchel since I first saw him in Numb3rs and he doesn’t disappoint here.  Cage and Molina serve as an odd, but workable pair as they attempt to blast each other into smithereens all over the NYU campus.

 Cage is as he always is- somewhat bland, usually way too serious, but fitting as the character calls for both.  Of course, Molina makes an excellent bad guy as he’s had plenty of practice with his most recent well known “bad guy” role being Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2.

The movie is cute and incredibly Disney.  There’s more action than you’d find in The Aristocats, but it’s still strongly Disney in nature.  Cute is really as far as it goes though.  There’s action, but not enough of it.  There’s humor, but not enough of it.  There’s romance, but not enough of it.  There’s just not enough of this movie.  It’s cute, but forgettable.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed my experience and I’m sure you will too.  It was a pleasant stay-inside-because-it’s-too-hot movie, but I could barely remember details as I walked out of the theater.