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Rating: 3.5 stars

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All movies seen on 06/12/2019

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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 murder at Buckingham Palace. They soon learn that they have only four days to solve the case, or the queen will become 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 | Wolf Roth | Jana Pérez | Nathan Osgood | David Shackleton | Paul Cassidy | Bronson Webb | Jamie-Rose Monk | 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 | Ben Lee | Michael Buffer | Bruce Buffer | Russell Wilcox | Billy Zane | 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 | Henrihs Ahmadejevs | Deepak Anand | Lindy Barrett | Martin Bassindale | Sara Beasley | Willem Dalby | Matthew Di Liello | Shawn Dixon | Paul T.T. Easter | James Eeles | Karl Farrer | David Handley | Phil Hodges | John Kinory | Craig Thomas Lambert | Hugh Laurie | Benjamin Lok | Jordan Long | Joseph Macnab | Jorge Leon Martinez | Martyn Mayger | Hugh O'Brien | Amelia O'Loughlin | Anthony Richard Rowe | Pete Freerunner Simpson | Sonnyboy Skelton | Mick Slaney | Samantha Sharon Watson | Lochlan White | Riley White | Steve Coogan

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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