Rating: 8 out of 10, extremely well done popcorn movie where in typical Disney fashion we are rooting for the geek to win the girl and become a super hero. This movie however doesn't over do it and makes the hero extremely likable, this is a tribute to Baruchel who is good in everything he does. The special effects are awesome but they don't take the place of the story or get in the way of the actors. There are some cool tributes to the original Disney animated version. Molina always plays a great villain and he and Cage make a great pair of antagonists. It would have been easy for Cage to mail this one in but he doesn't and although they share very little screen time together - he and Bellucci have great chemistry. I was prepared to not like this movie but I couldn't help myself - somehow Disney still has that arcane ability to tap into the kid in all of us.
MVP: Baruchel as Dave, the hapless but lovable apprentice
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