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  • 2011
  • PG-13
  • Relativity Media
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2011
  • PG-13
  • Relativity Media
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary A heroic Crusader and his closest friend return home after decades of fierce fighting, only to find their world destroyed by the Plague. The church elders, convinced that a girl accused of being a witch is responsible for the devastation, command the two to transport the strange girl to a remote monastery where monks will perform an anci...

Directed By: Dominic Sena

Written By: Bragi F. Schut

  • 2011
  • PG-13
  • Relativity Media
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2011
  • PG-13
  • Relativity Media
  • 1 h 35 m

Season of the Witch

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews
28
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 167 User Ratings
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Summary A heroic Crusader and his closest friend return home after decades of fierce fighting, only to find their world destroyed by the Plague. The church elders, convinced that a girl accused of being a witch is responsible for the devastation, command the two to transport the strange girl to a remote monastery where monks will perform an anci...

Directed By: Dominic Sena

Written By: Bragi F. Schut

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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41% Mixed
11 Reviews
59% Negative
16 Reviews

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55
Jan 6, 2011
Season of the Witch is barely even a Nicolas Cage movie. He wanders through the picture, zombified.
By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 6, 2011
A mishmash of horror and history genres that's not as bad as its trailers but ultimately is dragged down by, of all things, its star.
By Scott Bowles FULL REVIEW

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24% Positive
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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 167 User Ratings
5.1
24% Positive
40 Ratings
52% Mixed
87 Ratings
24% Negative
40 Ratings

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10
LillyanneS1
Feb 26, 2011
This film I saw at the People's Choice Awards 2011 Watched it & fell head over heeles in love with it. Bring on Season Of The Witch 2 I liken this film to the TV series Merlin
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10
ChelleC1026
Jan 22, 2011
I am never one to go by other's opinions, so even when my Husband pointed out that this movie ha horrific reviews, I love movies about witches, the supernatural, and anything related to such, so I decided to let myself be the judge an went to see it anyway. I thought it was great. I think that there are certain people that will like it and certain people that go in just looking to tear it apart. In one comment that I read, a critic stated that Nicholas Cage transitioned back an forth between his own voice and an English accent, but I never heard this happen once. Most of the people who criticized the movie boldly stated from the get go that they hated Nicholas Cage. My question is, "Why Go?" If you want to see a neat story about witch slaying and demons, go, but if you don't like Nicholas Cage, don't bother, you will be picking it apart from the start, so why waste your money? It was a neat story with a good cast. I think it deserves a much better review than what it has been receiving
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40
Jan 6, 2011
The makeup department's glommed-on plague pustules are fantastic, but the concession to modern technology in a badly rendered last-act CGI demon, cut and pasted from a Diablo II screen-grab, is so eminently lame as to cure all fear of hellfire.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW
38
Jan 7, 2011
A movie that appears to have been shot entirely on leftover sets from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
30
Jan 6, 2011
Off the top of my head, I'm guessing that Season of the Witch claims a place in the top five all-time bizarre and pointless homages to art cinema.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
25
Jan 7, 2011
The real plague is the movie, a sci-fi hodgepodge of bad history and worse special effects.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
10
Jan 6, 2011
Mr. Cage's knight ends up playing second banana to a digital devil. Welcome to the January dead zone.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
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aarj
Jan 17, 2011
Incredibly cliched and incredibly enjoyable. Nic's hair is difficult to get past, as is the appalling script, but it's actually likable, with plenty of attractive locations, a great performance by the female ?witch and a buddy-movie feel between Nic Cage and Ron Perlman. It's undemanding but any film which opens with an old crone of a witch vomiting into a man's face gets my thumbs-up as a good night's mindless entertainment.
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6
ba01
Dec 26, 2014
The movie may not be the best but still better than many battle moment was bad else ok enjoyed the beautiful scenario though the story could have been better
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Zilcell
Apr 13, 2012
I don't really find the film as much low budget as everybody is saying. The acting is not as convincing as it could have been. The story has some flashy moments. It is somewhat worth watching.
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3
ajh0795
Oct 29, 2011
i really enjoyed the start to this film. and then came the oh so hate-able nic cage, the movie was so dull, cheap looking and it just dissapointed overall
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Antlia
May 20, 2011
This movie is horrible, but in a good way. Nicolas Cage is in it. That alone makes it a movie worth watching. The acting is horrible (also NC) and the movie looks rushed. Watch it anyways.
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Production Company Atlas Entertainment, Relativity Media
Release Date Jan 7, 2011
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Not all souls can be saved.
Website http://www.seasonofthewitch.nl/
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