Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

barneypackard I was searching for a little bit different. Ian is a great actor. Perfect the part of a 93 year old Sherlock Holmes. Using natural remedies, notes, to keep track of what he needs to know. This is a great lesson in dealing with aging, when you can't quite do what you used to be able to do. He is dealing with several things, multi-tasking, and retreats to his farm. There he takes a young boy under his wing, and is inspired by and mentoring at the same time. Ian and Milo are both exceptional;they aren't acting they are BEING their characters. I deduce that mentoring took place off screen as well as on. The twists, turns, sub plot with the mother, te bees, all makes for a compelling story.

Rob_Taylor So, I watched this without the benefit of knowing anything about it and not having seen any trailers for it. Consequently, I seem to have derived more enjoyment of the film than many others, who seem to be of the opinion that they were misled by the advertising.Intrigued, I did a little sleuthing myself (Youtube is a wonderful repository of movie trailers!) and was rather surprised to find the international trailer painted an entirely different tone to this movie than was actually present.See, Mr. Holmes is a rather uncomfortable look at a great detective who is far into his dotage and going senile, if not suffering directly from Alzheimers. The entire thrust of the movie is him struggling to remember the case that led him to decide to take an early retirement. He senses that he must have done something terrible, but cannot remember what. Of course, in the fullness of the movie's runtime, he does recall the case and why he retired, loose ends are tied up and pretty much everything turns out for the best.The international trailer, however, portrays the movie as a great mystery romp, complete with rather light-hearted music and a complete mish-mashing of several stories told in the film over a large span of years as if they were all part of one, continuous narrative.Accordingly, it is hard not to go into this film (if one watched that int'l trailer) without expect an entirely different movie altogether.Mr. Holmes is a character study, not a great mystery story. Though Holmes does indeed get to the bottom of why he retired, it is not so much a mystery, as him simply managing to put the pieces together and remember what happened.The movie, from my perspective of having no idea what it was going to be like, was fine, if a little slow. Ian McKellen shows exactly why he is so highly regarded as an actor, with a performance that is at once both effortless and endearing. The rest of the small cast also perform well and the movie as a whole is put together rather nicely.But it is slow, and it is not really about the solving of a great mystery. Given the trailer, I can see why so many disliked it.Incidentally, the UK trailer, though still with some rather jollier music than really suits the film, actually bothers to explain the basic premise of the film, so quite why the international trailer was so badly put together is a bit of a mystery.I should note that this isn't the first time a trailer has portrayed a film as something very different from what it actually is, and I doubt it will be the last. Many trailers use footage not in the theatrical cut anyway! It is on us all to watch such things with a healthy dose of skepticism. After all, they exist solely to get us interested enough to go and see a film. Honesty, these days, is a low priority.However, a mis-sold film need not automatically be considered bad. Mr. Holmes is a fine movie. Don't let the misleading advertising ruin your enjoyment of it.SUMMARY: Great character study. Not a mystery story. A small, rather melancholy, drama that delivers rather well, but which was mis-sold in the international market as something it is not. Worth your time if you ever wondered what might happen to Holmes once his wits dulled with age.

Korena Hayes The opening scene of Mr. Holmes is affecting, quirky and memorable, albeit in a quiet and subtle way. It's a portent of things to come. As one would expect with a film with Sherlock Holmes as the title character, off-hand utterances and seemingly random, passing moments are pregnant with meaning and possibilities that are not apparent at first, or even third glance. Not, that is, unless you happen to have (super) powers of observation, which Mr. Holmes does, in excess. The comment made in this opening scene refers to bees and wasps... specifically their ongoing contentious relationship in nature. It all comes back around in the end, after a quietly rollicking, tender and affecting story which outlines the later winter of a cleverly hybridized version of the life of this famous detective.Everything about this production is top notch, from the writing and acting to the cinematography, set design and costumes. It's Ian McKellen's performance that centers the entire thing though, like a sun centers a solar system... with gravity and brilliance. Of course, you pretty much expect genius level work from an actor like McKellen but seeing him in action here is a sublime pleasure. Some actors make acting look easy. McKellen is one of the rare actors that makes you forget he's acting and transports you to a dimension of total immersion where you really feel like you're a fly on the wall of these characters' lives. Everyone around him is also superb here, especially his three main co-stars, Laura Linnney, Hattie Morahan and Milo Parker, who plays Roger, the young son of his housekeeper and steals many of the scenes here. Holmes and Roger forge a genuine and touching friendship that in many ways is the heart of the film. Many actors, I'm sure, would be a bit frazzled by the prospect of trying to keep up with a thespian of such legendary stature and renown, but Milo Parker seems to take it in stride and gives as good as he gets. It's fun to watch.Also, as you would expect in any story about Sherlock Holmes, there is a great mystery... accentuated by Mr. Holmes' advancing age and the mental decline that sometimes accompanies the process of growing older. It's a great dramatic device that the screenwriter employs expertly. The dialogue is witty, understated, intelligent and also echoes the mystery as it unfolds. The story folds back in on itself and jumps through the looking glass in a couple of interesting ways, with Holmes here being an amalgam version of his fictional self married to an alternate universe version where he is an actual historical figure, who has been immortalized in story form by Watson. We are treated to Sherlock Holmes standing in line for and then attending a filmed version of one of his real cases, that has been fictionalized then projected on a screen while he watches... in order to help stir his memory of the real case. Wow.Fair warning - this is a quiet and somewhat "slow" film. It's never boring though. If you are into explosions, car chases, loud music, etc. in your cinematic fare, you won't find it here. What you WILL find is top notch writing and acting. This is a film for people who love movies that make them think and feel deeply. It's not confusing or hard to follow, but you do need to pay attention since things that seem like small insignificant details, end up being crucial to the overall narrative and where the characters end up. It's an exceptional piece of work and one of the best films of 2015.

SharWhy As a character study, this movie was excellent. As far as the acting, it was superb. Most notable performances were Ian McKellen (of course), Milo Parker and Hattie Morahan. And the subject matter was very well done. Aging, dementia and loss were all covered with both empathy and truth. Considering how long the persona of Sherlock Holmes has been around, this was a timely movie that in no way detracts from previous films. Nor does it feel like an ending of the series of Sherlock Holmes as a whole, but rather an exploration of one of many ways Mr. Holmes might retire - and why.While some may say it was too slow, not all great movies need a lot of action. This movie was well worth my time.