Sherlock Holmes
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: December 25, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
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Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
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17
Mixed:
13
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
EmpireWilliam Thomas
A fun, action-packed reintroduction to Conan Doyle's classic characters. Part Two should provide more in the way of scope. Read full review
60
NPRBob Mondello
In short, Ritchie's come up with precisely what you'd expect of him — a pumped-up, anachronistically modern Sherlock Holmes designed for the ADD crowd. Expect a sequel. Or six. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
By now we’ve seen so many good, bad, and indifferent Sherlocks that it’s almost a relief to get something different, however wrongheaded. And there’s no such thing as too much Downey. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Ritchie is all about the whooshing and headbanging, leaving no space between Holmes' words to savor their meaning. Downey is irresistible. The movie, not so much. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
As over-emphatic as one might expect from the ham-fisted Guy Ritchie, this resurrection of the world's most famous detective is a dank, noisy affair. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Not even Sherlock Holmes could make much sense out of the overplotted, murky mess that is "Sherlock Holmes," although Arthur Conan Doyle's legendarily brainy detective would probably never buy a ticket to a movie as elephant-footed as this one. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
With a clamorous soundtrack and a whirl of elaborate chases and busily choreographed fight scenes, this is Sherlock Holmes with Attention Deficit Disorder. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Despite some arresting visual flourishes and Downey’s inherent likeability, it’s nearly incoherent both as cinema and as story. No, this isn’t your grandfather’s or your father’s Sherlock Holmes, but if theirs featured Basil Rathbone or Jeremy Brett in the lead, it was better by miles. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Guy Ritchie is the worst screenwriter in the world, but, to be fair, he is not the worst director. He is only the worst director of the people who actually get to make movies. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Guy Ritchie's Holmes reboot feels both too complicated and too elementary, dear Watson. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
This is certainly the grubbiest Holmes in movie history. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Sherlock Holmes goes wrong in many ways except for one -- at the boxoffice. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua Rothkopf
This is the ultimate sin of the film, generically helmed by lad-auteur Guy Ritchie: Logic seems to be thrown out the window in order to make room for clashes on a partially completed Tower Bridge. It’s way too elementary. Read full review
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