Sherlock Holmes

3.40
    Sherlock Holmes
    2009

    Synopsis

    Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.

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    Cast

    • Robert Downey Jr.Sherlock Holmes
    • Jude LawDr. John Watson
    • Rachel McAdamsIrene Adler
    • Mark StrongLord Henry Blackwood
    • Eddie MarsanInspector Lestrade
    • Robert MailletDredger
    • Geraldine JamesMrs. Hudson
    • Kelly ReillyMary Morstan
    • William HoustonConstable Clark
    • Hans MathesonLord Coward

    Recommendations

    • 70

      Variety

      Ritchie has never worked on a scale anything approaching this before and, while some of the directorial affectations are distracting, he keeps the action humming.
    • 70

      The New Yorker

      Challenged by Downey’s energy, Jude Law, who often seems aimless in his movies, comes fully up to speed. He’s virile and quick-witted, and his Watson, if not Holmes’s equal in brainpower, comes close to him in daring. Their repartee evokes the banter of lovers in a screwball comedy; they flirt outrageously but chastely.
    • 67

      Entertainment Weekly

      Sherlock Holmes is an odd amalgam, a top-heavy light entertainment that keeps throwing things at you and doesn't seem too concerned with whether they stick.
    • 63

      ReelViews

      The reason Sherlock Holmes fails at least as often as it succeeds is because more effort and attention was lavished upon the concept than upon the script. Given a worthy story, Downey's Holmes might have been memorable. Here, he's an interesting character in search of a worthwhile story.
    • 60

      Empire

      A fun, action-packed reintroduction to Conan Doyle's classic characters. Part Two should provide more in the way of scope.
    • 50

      Rolling Stone

      Ritchie is all about the whooshing and headbanging, leaving no space between Holmes' words to savor their meaning. Downey is irresistible. The movie, not so much.
    • 50

      Village Voice

      As over-emphatic as one might expect from the ham-fisted Guy Ritchie, this resurrection of the world's most famous detective is a dank, noisy affair.
    • 40

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Sherlock Holmes goes wrong in many ways except for one -- at the boxoffice.

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