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Mr. Holmes focuses on the man behind the mysteries, and while it may lack Baker Street thrills, it more than compensates with tenderly wrought, well-acted drama.
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As someone who neither hungers for yet another incarnation of this character nor understands why anyone would, I watched in subdued bafflement. Jul 22, 2015 | Full Review…
As someone who neither hungers for yet another incarnation of this character nor understands why anyone would, I watched in subdued bafflement.
Wesley Morris
The mystery subplot lacks the ingenuity of the greatest Holmes stories, but McKellen excels, switching effortlessly between the reclusive beekeeper with a faltering memory and the elegant younger detective at the height of his powers. Jul 21, 2015 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
The mystery subplot lacks the ingenuity of the greatest Holmes stories, but McKellen excels, switching effortlessly between the reclusive beekeeper with a faltering memory and the elegant younger detective at the height of his powers.
Devan Coggan
It's a gripping little tale, to be sure, but it's more than that. Somewhere in its tangle of timelines, false starts, and red herrings is a great truth about the unsolvable mystery of the human soul. Jul 19, 2015 | Full Review…
It's a gripping little tale, to be sure, but it's more than that. Somewhere in its tangle of timelines, false starts, and red herrings is a great truth about the unsolvable mystery of the human soul.
Bilge Ebiri
Even those who've read the book can be startled by what happens in Mr. Holmes, while they're being moved by McKellen in a role he's come to late, but with his customary elegance. Jul 17, 2015 | Full Review…
Even those who've read the book can be startled by what happens in Mr. Holmes, while they're being moved by McKellen in a role he's come to late, but with his customary elegance.
Bob Mondello
[An] intriguing if only semi-satisfying Sherlockian enterprise. Jul 17, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
[An] intriguing if only semi-satisfying Sherlockian enterprise.
Susan Wloszczyna
The best of it, as in Condon's other movies, are the details of emotions, fleeting but just as quickly caught - true concern camouflaged by flashes of impatience, unutterable despair masquerading as simple grief. Jul 17, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4
The best of it, as in Condon's other movies, are the details of emotions, fleeting but just as quickly caught - true concern camouflaged by flashes of impatience, unutterable despair masquerading as simple grief.
Stephen Whitty
Suspense and sleuthing are a backstory to this elegant tale of regret, rectification and humility. Aug 14, 2019 | Full Review…
Suspense and sleuthing are a backstory to this elegant tale of regret, rectification and humility.
Udita Jhunjhunwala
Mr. Holmes just about gets the job done thanks to McKellen and Parker, but too many mediocre elements ensure this affair is a sad waste of a strong concept. May 17, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Mr. Holmes just about gets the job done thanks to McKellen and Parker, but too many mediocre elements ensure this affair is a sad waste of a strong concept.
Nick Evan-Cook
Mr. Holmes is an exceptional and unique addition to the vast collection of Sherlock Holmes' journeys, rich with respect for its predecessors and bold in its thoughtful and reflective approach. May 10, 2019 | Rating: A | Full Review…
Mr. Holmes is an exceptional and unique addition to the vast collection of Sherlock Holmes' journeys, rich with respect for its predecessors and bold in its thoughtful and reflective approach.
Beth McDonough
It is far from a perfect but I enjoyed it. Apr 25, 2019 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
It is far from a perfect but I enjoyed it.
Rachel Wagner
McKellen, delivering his inimitable drawl, is inevitably the star attraction here. He doesn't have to speak to have his presence felt, he can frown and find audiences laughing, and Jeffrey Hatcher's script sparkles in his hands. Apr 5, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
McKellen, delivering his inimitable drawl, is inevitably the star attraction here. He doesn't have to speak to have his presence felt, he can frown and find audiences laughing, and Jeffrey Hatcher's script sparkles in his hands.
Ed Frankl
Condon and Hatcher were just the men to bring this atypically humanistic vision of Sherlock Holmes from book to screen, and Mr. Holmes is a movie I'll be itching to revisit for years. Mar 13, 2019 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review…
Condon and Hatcher were just the men to bring this atypically humanistic vision of Sherlock Holmes from book to screen, and Mr. Holmes is a movie I'll be itching to revisit for years.
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