Storyline
The story is set in 1947, following a long-retired Holmes living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and rising detective son. But then he finds himself haunted by an unsolved 50-year old case. Holmes' memory isn't what it used to be, so he only remembers fragments of the case: a confrontation with an angry husband, a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife.
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Cast
Michael Culkin, John Sessions, Roger Allam, Hattie Morahan, Patrick Kennedy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ian McKellen, Frances de la Tour, Laura Linney, Frances Barber, Nicholas Rowe, Eileen Davies, Phil Davis, David Foxxe, Sarah Crowden, Ben Farrow, Milo Parker, Hermione Corfield, Colin Starkey, Zak Shukor, Charles Maddox, Takako Akashi, Oliver Devoti, Mike Burnside, Sam Coulson, Kit Connor, Zoe Rainey, Elizabeth Jane Cassidy, John Carr
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Reviews
80
The more vital subject of Mr. Holmes turns out to be our need for stories themselves and, in particular, the role of fiction as an escape from the pain and loss of everyday life.
80
Anyone expecting opera and opium will be disappointed. But a majestic McKellen rescues a safe script, giving us a fresh look at an icon even the most casual viewer will be (over)familar with.
75
In an age of flashier adaptations of Conan Doyle’s classic literary character, Condon's film might be appreciated as a refreshingly old-fashioned outing, even with its own variations on the character in mind.
70
This is a ruminative film of minor-key rewards, driven by an impeccably nuanced performance from McKellen as a solitary 93-year-old man enfeebled by age, yet still canny and even compassionate in ways that surprise and comfort him.
70
In truth, Mr. Holmes is not Holmesian at all. It is Jamesian, as shown by a wonderful encounter between Kelmot and Holmes — an attraction of opposites, you might say — on a garden bench.
