The don’t have a clue.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Ralph Fiennes, Rebecca Hall, Lauren Lapkus, Steve Coogan, Noah Jupe, Hugh Laurie, Pam Ferris |
| Director |
Etan Cohen |
| Screenplay | Etan Cohen, using characters by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Music | Christophe Beck, Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Cinematography | Oliver Wood |
| Editing | Erik Jessen, Dean Zimmerman |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Surround 7.1, Auro 11.1 |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2018 |
| Produced by | Columbia Pictures Corporation, Gary Sanchez Productions, Mimran Schur Pictures, Mosaic Media Group, Mosaic |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | None (sic) |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None (sic) |
| Violence | None (sic) |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | Since the FPB failed to provide proper guidance, see guidance on IMDB |
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| PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned | Rated PG-13 for crude sexual material, some violence, language and drug references |
| Runtime | 90 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Suggested age limit 14 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| ScreenIt Jim Judy  Bad from start to finish, Holmes & Watson proves that critics and moviegoers can agree that bad is, well, simply bad. | 0 |  |
| Metacritic.com 23 critics | 5 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 68 critics | 6 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson than does Holmes and Watson. | 2 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 4 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Bad slapstick and innuendo ruin good-natured buddy comedy. | 2 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 49 users | 4 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 2818 users | 5 | |
| IMDB 7010 Netizens | 7 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 9 |  |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 6 | |
Average .. 23% | 5 | |