Holmes & Watson

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Holmes & Watson
The world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, done as comedy. Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a murder at Buckingham Palace. They soon learn that they have only four days to solve the case, or the queen will become the next victim. The film failed to find much favour with either critics or public, and even the studio tried to sell it, without success.

106 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Sex, Violence, Drug abuse).
Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Detective/Mystery.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Ralph Fiennes, Rebecca Hall, Lauren Lapkus, Steve Coogan, Noah Jupe, Hugh Laurie, Pam Ferris
Director
Etan Cohen
ScreenplayEtan Cohen, using characters by Arthur Conan Doyle
MusicChristophe Beck, Mark Mothersbaugh
CinematographyOliver Wood
EditingErik Jessen, Dean Zimmerman
Sound formatsDolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Surround 7.1, Auro 11.1
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2018
Produced byColumbia Pictures Corporation, Gary Sanchez Productions, Mimran Schur Pictures, Mosaic Media Group, Mosaic

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreComedy
LanguageNone (sic)
NudityNone
SexNone (sic)
ViolenceNone (sic)
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone (sic)
CommentsSince the FPB failed to provide proper guidance, see guidance on IMDB
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly CautionedRated PG-13 for crude sexual material, some violence, language and drug references
Runtime90
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.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
4
Violence
4
Blood / Gore / Gross
4
Guns / Weapons
4
Profanity
4
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
3
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
4
Imitative Behaviour
5
Frightening / Tense Scenes
0
Jump Scenes
1
Tense Family Scenes
1
Music (Scary/Tense)
0
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
14 +
Positive messages
3
Positive role models
1
Violence
3
Sex
3
Language
3
Consumerism
0
Drinking, drugs, smoking
3

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

ScreenIt
Jim Judy quote iconBad 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 quote iconThe 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 quote icon
4
CommonSenseMedia
Jeffrey M. Anderson quote iconBad 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

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