Mr. Holmes

directed by Bill Condon
Category: "Drama"
Year of Release:2015
Date Added:03/05/2016
Date Watched:03/05/2016
Description:Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) is very old and suffering from memory loss. He's trying to recall his final case, the one that convinced him to quit detecting and live in seclusion with his bees. Mrs. Munro (Laura Linney) and her young son Roger live with him and take care of him. Mrs. Munro wants to leave because she fears that when he dies she will be without a job. Roger and Sherlock become friends and Sherlock teaches him how to take care of the bees. Roger is attacked by wasps and almost dies, which drives Sherlock and Mrs. Munro closer. Sherlock agrees to leave her everything in his will and she agrees to stay. He finally remembers his last case, a woman driven to grief by the death of her two children. He figures out that she plans on committing suicide and confronts her with the facts, thinking this is enough. She offers to come live with him to get away from her husband and share his loneliness, but her refuses and she kills herself another way. It was this case that convinced him to quit.
My Rating:6

Reviews for Mr. Holmes

Review - Mr. Holmes

Good characters. Ian McKellen's portrayal of an old man trying to remember was genius. The story dragged a lot, however, and in the end was just sad. It was based on a book that I think was a retelling of one of Doyle's stories. In Doyle's account, Sherlock was the hero. In the movie, Sherlock was writing it down as he remembered it — the true story.

Reviewed by Roger on 2016-03-05 14:47:35

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