Mr. Holmes (2015)
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 104m
Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan, Milo Parker
Synopsis:
Sherlock Holmes seals himself away in his country retreat with his bees, toying with botanical cures as senility kicks in. There he has befriended the housekeeper's son, who delights in his stories, and whose inquisitiveness provides the key to a mystery from Holmes's past.
Review:
Set at a time after the Second World War, Condon's meditation on the limitations of the detective's intellectual pride is like Watson's article of furniture: beautifully crafted and with a dozen loosely connected drawers. Carter Burwell's typically oscillatory score and McKellen's poised performance are among the treasures to be found in it.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 104m
Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan, Milo Parker
Synopsis:
Sherlock Holmes seals himself away in his country retreat with his bees, toying with botanical cures as senility kicks in. There he has befriended the housekeeper's son, who delights in his stories, and whose inquisitiveness provides the key to a mystery from Holmes's past.
Review:
Set at a time after the Second World War, Condon's meditation on the limitations of the detective's intellectual pride is like Watson's article of furniture: beautifully crafted and with a dozen loosely connected drawers. Carter Burwell's typically oscillatory score and McKellen's poised performance are among the treasures to be found in it.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 104m
Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan, Milo Parker
Synopsis:
Sherlock Holmes seals himself away in his country retreat with his bees, toying with botanical cures as senility kicks in. There he has befriended the housekeeper's son, who delights in his stories, and whose inquisitiveness provides the key to a mystery from Holmes's past.
Review:
Set at a time after the Second World War, Condon's meditation on the limitations of the detective's intellectual pride is like Watson's article of furniture: beautifully crafted and with a dozen loosely connected drawers. Carter Burwell's typically oscillatory score and McKellen's poised performance are among the treasures to be found in it.