Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: December 16, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
23
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDec 14, 2011
Set aside your memories of the Conan Doyle stories, save them to savor on a night this winter and enjoy this movie as a high-caliber entertainment. Read full review
83
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallDec 14, 2011
Ritchie stages plenty of gunfights and beatdowns to satisfy action fans, pausing to consider the beauty of violence before resuming speed and piling on more. Read full review
80
EmpireIan NathanDec 12, 2011
A sequel confident in what it's about - bigger, better, funnier, without stretching the joke. Read full review
75
MovielineJen YamatoDec 15, 2011
It's BFF and hetero life partner Dr. Watson who forms the tale's real love triangle with Holmes - escalating the first film's bromantic undercurrent of mutual admiration and "circumstantial homosexuality" to overt, unabashed man-love and dangerous attraction - with tantalizingly evil interloper Professor James Moriarty. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliDec 13, 2011
A Game of Shadows is a stronger, better realized movie that builds upon the strengths of the original and jettisons some of the weaknesses. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'HehirDec 15, 2011
Occasionally thrilling, sometimes hilarious and mostly absolute claptrap. Think of it as a lot like drinking a fourth cup of holiday eggnog: Not really a good idea at all, but you might have fun. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian LowryDec 8, 2011
While director Guy Ritchie's excesses and modern concessions -- among them a lot of explosions -- remain intact, the parts of this second "Sherlock Holmes" are considerably more rewarding. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianM. E. RussellDec 15, 2011
The sequel has all the merits and demerits of its predecessor, only with a less-snarly antagonist, a more thoughtful final showdown and broader Holmes/Watson relationship jokes. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanDec 15, 2011
Yet here, as before, part of the movie's perversely cheeky design is that it throws away its own cleverness. Read full review
63
Washington PostMark JenkinsDec 15, 2011
This sequel is just as profligate as its 2009 predecessor with explosions, anachronisms and quick cuts. But the dialogue is a little sharper, and Holmes gets a worthy opponent in Professor Moriarty. Read full review
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