A humorous take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.A humorous take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.A humorous take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.
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- 4 wins & 4 nominations
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- TriviaAccording to Deadline, after disastrous test screenings, Sony attempted to sell the film to Netflix, which declined.
- GoofsAt Moriarty's trial, the judge draws particular attention to his gavel. British judges have never used gavels.
- Crazy creditsThe film opens with a fake quote from a Hannah Montana episode; Season 2, Episode 4. "Logic is the sword by which we slay ancient superstitions. But lo, the heart has its own truths to tell us."
- Alternate versionsUS and international versions have two different pre-title scenes, showing how the pair first met:
- In the US release, Watson helps a bullied Holmes when the two are children.
- In the international release, Watson attempts suicide above Holmes' garden, where he is growing a large vegetable. Holmes manages to convince Watson not to, although he is actually suggesting alternative methods instead, which Watson misinterprets. Nevertheless, Watson accidentally falls onto Holmes' vegetable.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Film Brain Podcast: Holmes & Watson: Investigating a Failure (2019)
- SoundtracksJust Won't Stop
Written by Ollie Teeba (as Oliver Trattles), Jake Wherry and Nicholas Eziefula
Performed by The Herbaliser
Courtesy of K7 Music GmbH
Featured review
This movie is as bad as its awful reputation. You may cease reading now, since I have imparted everything you need to know about it. I will now blather on for a few lines because other the IMDb would not print this.
It is poorly written. When I heard the word "kids" in the first two minutes to mean small children, and saw girls in a British public school in the 19th century, I thought I was in for a YOUNG EINSTEIN sort of movie. No, it is sloppily, uncaringly written, and nothing about it gives any impression that anyone behind the camera put more than minimal thought into the movie. There are shots that are out of focus.
Ah, you say, but how about the jokes. There is one good gag, in which the Robert Downey movies are mocked: overcranked sequences in which Holmes analyses what a course of action will yield..... only to have his analysis turn out long. This gag is done three times. There are also urine jokes, sexual assault jokes, and other examples of juvenile humor which are not elaborated, only repeated.
I've wasted an hour and a half watching this piece of garbage and another ten minutes writing this. That's more than enough.
It is poorly written. When I heard the word "kids" in the first two minutes to mean small children, and saw girls in a British public school in the 19th century, I thought I was in for a YOUNG EINSTEIN sort of movie. No, it is sloppily, uncaringly written, and nothing about it gives any impression that anyone behind the camera put more than minimal thought into the movie. There are shots that are out of focus.
Ah, you say, but how about the jokes. There is one good gag, in which the Robert Downey movies are mocked: overcranked sequences in which Holmes analyses what a course of action will yield..... only to have his analysis turn out long. This gag is done three times. There are also urine jokes, sexual assault jokes, and other examples of juvenile humor which are not elaborated, only repeated.
I've wasted an hour and a half watching this piece of garbage and another ten minutes writing this. That's more than enough.
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- Budget
- $42,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $30,573,626
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,411,522
- Dec 30, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $40,466,970
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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