▁either ▁thrown ▁with ▁w ires ▁or ▁held ▁by ▁st unt men ▁we aring ▁green ▁chrom a ▁key ▁su its . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁response ▁ ▁The ▁Sor cer er ' s ▁App rent ice ▁received ▁mixed ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics . ▁On ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁an ▁appro val ▁rating ▁of ▁ 4 0 % ▁based ▁on ▁ 1 7 1 ▁reviews ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 5 . 2 3 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁critical ▁cons ensus ▁reads , ▁" It ▁has ▁a ▁lik able ▁cast ▁and ▁loads ▁of ▁CG I ▁spect acle , ▁but ▁for ▁all ▁but ▁the ▁least ▁demand ing ▁view ers , ▁The ▁Sor cer er ' s ▁App rent ice ▁will ▁be ▁less ▁than ▁spell binding ." ▁On ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 4 6 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁based ▁on ▁ 3 4 ▁critics , ▁indicating ▁" m ixed ▁or ▁average ▁reviews ". ▁Aud ien ces ▁pol led ▁by ▁Cinema Score ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁an ▁average ▁grade ▁of ▁" B +" ▁on ▁an ▁A + ▁to ▁F ▁scale . ▁ ▁Kirk ▁H oney c utt ▁of ▁The ▁Hollywood ▁Re porter ▁has ▁said ▁that ▁" The ▁Sor cer er ' s ▁App rent ice ▁is ▁a ▁tired ▁re lic ▁of ▁summer - movie ▁cl ich es , ▁clearly ▁be aten ▁to ▁death ▁by ▁far ▁too ▁many ▁cred ited ▁writers ." ▁Chicago ▁Sun - Times ▁film ▁critic ▁Roger ▁E bert ▁gave