"Have you ever been bitten?" -Rodger
"Stung! Bees don't have teeth." -Sherlock Holmes
"Because when you're a detective, and a man comes to see you, it's usually about his wife." -Sherlock Holmes
Short Review: As character studies go, Mr. Holmes is better than most. But, as movies go Mr. Holmes is very strange, British fan service. If you are obsessed with Sherlock Holmes then this is a must see, if you are not...you can at least appreciate the, as advertised and expected, excellent acting of Sir Ian McKellan. 2.35 out of 5 stars.
Long Review: I think that a-temporal story telling has its place and use. Many films use flashbacks and flash-forwards to control information to an audience, holding it back when necessary, granting it when appropriate. It's not as common to see mismatched timelines as a story device for aging and disjointed memory. Sherlock is getting old and thus he lives in both past and present simultaneously -interesting narrative device, I liked it. The stories;all tragedies, the old, the recent past, and the present were not to my liking and, honestly, a little boring. I also think that there must have been a make-up change during the filming, because Sir Ian's make-up varied greatly in each time period, and not for the better. His old man make-up at the beginning of was considerably worse that his old man make-up at the film's conclusion. Finally, I had no idea that a glass harmonica was an instrument until I watched Mr. Holmes. I want one. More glass harmonicas in films please.
On a scale of royal jelly to royal peanut butter, I give Mr. Holmes 2.35 out of 5 stars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQemvyyJ--g -A glass harmonica video. Check it out.
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