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Sherlock Holmes

Nothing escapes him.

2009 · 2h 9m · PG-13 Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Directed by Guy Ritchie

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Overview

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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Top critics, in their words

All reviews
70%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Despite a few laggard moments of slow going, Ritchie has pulled off an entertaining coup in giving us a Holmes for the 21st century by digging back to the 19th century original and adding a few bells and whistles.

Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Rotten

What was the thinking behind all this?

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh

It's all knotted together, then unraveled with brio, by Holmes and Watson. There are fisticuffs galore, fiery combustion aplenty, and, yes, my dear reader, clever deduction.

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Rotten

The very idea of handing him over to professional lad Guy Ritchie, to be played as a punch-throwing quipster by Robert Downey Jr., is so profoundly stupid one can only step back in dismay.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Downey never winks -- hea(TM)s too much of a pro for that -- but like the man hea(TM)s playing, hea(TM)s much, much smarter than the movie hea(TM)s in.

Ty Burr, Boston Globe

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