Sherlock Holmes (2009)
I have never read any of the original Sherlock Holmes stories or seen any of the previous adaptations so I can not really comment on how it compares to them or how faithful it is to the source material. With all that being said when you know that a film is an adaptation of a successful set of stories such as Sherlock Holmes is then you have a decent level of expectation going into the movie. What we get here is a buddy cop film set in Victorian England for the modern day audience.
I find it really hard to feel strongly about this film one way or the other, most of the film is fairly middle of the road and slightly clichéd. By and large the acting is fine, the plot is nothing to write home about, the sets are pretty impressive but the action sequences seem to drag and get in the way of the pacing of the film. Unfortunately there is no real depth to the darker side of the characters, Watson's gambling addiction and Holmes's drug use, and the character relationships are mostly portrayed simplistically.
You do not need an advanced ability in logical deduction to work out what score I am going to leave this film with, 3/5.
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