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Rating: 3.5 stars

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Holmes & Watson (2018)

Directed by Etan Cohen

Comedy | Mystery

Overview

Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a mysterious murder at Buckingham Palace. It seems like an open-and-shut case as all signs point to Professor James Moriarty, the criminal mastermind and longtime nemesis of the crime-solving duo. When new twists and clues begin to emerge, the world’s greatest sleuth and his trusted assistant must now use their legendary wits and ingenious methods to catch the killer as they only have four days before the queen becomes the next victim.

Rated PG-13 | Length 90 minutes

Actors

Will Ferrell | John C. Reilly | Rebecca Hall | Kelly Macdonald | Rob Brydon | Lauren Lapkus | Pam Ferris | Ralph Fiennes | Adam Scherr | Kieran O'Brien | Noah Jupe | Bella Ramsey | Colby Mulgrew | Scarlet Grace | Billy Jenkins | Michael Culkin | Jana Pérez | Wolf Roth | Nathan Osgood | David Shackleton | Paul Cassidy | Ben Lee | Bronson Webb | Jamie-Rose Monk | Billy Zane | Jason Thorpe | Robert Cawsey | Stanley Eldridge | Oliver Maltman | David Stoller | Jack Riley | Lilly Aspell | Ethan Rouse | Ellie Rose Eames | Jamie Baughan | Helen Duff | Jess Liaudin | Wesley Kent-Hargreaves | Daniel Fearn | Darren Lake | Martin Bishop | Gerard Monaco | Michael Buffer | Bruce Buffer | Russell Wilcox | Hector Bateman-Harden | Codie-Lei Eastick | Laura Stevely | Layla Rose Boyce | Sadie Newman | Harry Baxendale | Ella Bright | Kenneth Hadley | Paul Bigley | Sue Maund | Tommy Surridge | Paddy Holland | Hugh Laurie | Steve Coogan | Phil Hodges | Sara Beasley | James Eeles | Paul T.T. Easter | Jordan Long | Sonnyboy Skelton | Willem Dalby | Riley White | Lochlan White | John Kinory | Benjamin Lok | Pete Freerunner Simpson | Samantha Sharon Watson | Joseph Macnab | Martin Bassindale | Amelia O'Loughlin | Karl Farrer | Matthew Di Liello | David Handley | Craig Thomas Lambert | Jorge Leon Martinez | Martyn Mayger | Hugh O'Brien | Deepak Anand | Shawn Dixon | Anthony Richard Rowe | Mick Slaney | Henrihs Ahmadejevs | Lindy Barrett

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Okay, I heard this was bad and usually I’m like, “well it can’t be that bad and I’ll probably enjoy it anyways.” Welp, I was wrong. This is a very bad film. What makes it the most bad of the bad is all the talent involved. If you looked at the list of the actors involved you’d think this was gonna be the second coming of STEP BROTHERS. This is not that.

As a comedic take on Sherlock Holmes this movie is disappointing at every turn. None the humor lands; even the slapsticky stuff is just not good. It’s like an SNL skit that ran over long. I give credit to the production values and the actors that do their best to make a convincing period detective film but this screenplay is the pits. And all the attempts at poking fun of current events / pop culture are met with a loud thud. The Trump analogy is so damn goofy. The selfie bit is worse.

Someone described this as a good “airplane flight flick” and honestly I’d turn it off and switch to something else. And to think I *almost* went to see this w/AList. So glad I didn’t.

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