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Sherlock Holmes [DVD] [2009]

Sherlock Holmes [DVD] [2009]

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Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Kelly Reilly, Mark Strong
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars reviews
Sales Rank: 5

Format: Anamorphic, Colour, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
Languages: Bulgarian (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Hebrew (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), English (Original Language), English (Audio Description), Italian (Dubbed)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 123 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

EAN: 5051892011273
ASIN: B002U5741Q

Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: May 17, 2010
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Amazon.co.uk Review
If you’ve got too many pre-conceptions of just how a Sherlock Holmes movie should pan out, then it’s probably best that you check them in before popping this latest version in your player. Starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and accompanied by Jude Law as Watson, this film dispenses with some of the conventions of Holmes, and instead starts turning him into something of a period action hero.

Downey Jr. is more than up to the challenge too. Early scenes in Sherlock Holmes are more Fight Club than sleuth-influenced, with the hand of director Guy Ritchie behind the camera being very clear. But the film soon settles down and starts to have some fun, with the able assistance of Mark Strong and Rachel McAdams, among the supporting cast.

Yet this is Downey Jr.’s show, and he doesn’t waste the opportunity. He’s an engaging leading man at the worst of times, and he’s clearly having a ball here. What’s more, it’s immensely satisfying when his Sherlock Holmes gets down to the business of solving crimes, even though there are some really quite impressive action sequences to work through first.

There are problems, of course. There’s not enough flesh on the bones of some of the characters, and the early part of the film feels very different from the latter stages. But there’s solid groundwork here for the inevitable franchise, and watching Downey Jr. reprise the role of Sherlock Holmes over the next few years should be really quite good fun too. --Jon Foster

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4 out of 5 stars Not your Dad's Sherlock ...   April 12, 2010
Brian Flange (Penge.)
116 out of 123 found this review helpful

This is really a review for the die-hard Sherlock Holmes fans amongst you: I'm afraid I'm a rampaging Sherlock Holmes purist and a devout worshipper of Jeremy Brett's (definitive?) Holmes. So when I heard Guy Ritchie was tackling Holmes, I wasn't too optimistic at first. However, my fears were misplaced and I ended up enjoying this very stylised, rather cheeky take on Holmes and Watson very much indeed. While it sags a little bit around the middle, Ritchie's film plays for most of its running-time like a Conan Doyle story delivered at very high speed, and it really works. Robert Downey Jr. is maybe not the Holmes you expect but almost everything he does and says comes straight from the original stories, and he does a terrific job of inhabiting the mannerisms and foibles of the greatest fictional detective there has ever been. We get a deeply eccentric and moody but nonetheless commanding and heroic Holmes. As other reviewers note, Jude Law does an excellent job. Too many Holmes adaptations go for laughs and make Watson a stooge, but Jude Law gives us a capable and resourceful Watson who's much more than a sidekick or a buffoon. References to a shadowy criminal mastermind hint at a sequel and I for one can't wait. More like this, please.


4 out of 5 stars The Original Dynamic Duo!   April 23, 2010
David Lusher (London England)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful

An interesting take on Holmes and Watson, who are both men of action as well as detectives. This sits well with Watson's background as an ex-soldier and is preferable to the bumbling parodies we have seen of him in the older Holmes films. They take risks, look out for each other, and face genuine danger together - a real crime-fighting partnership. This is a good, atmospheric action-packed tale where Holmes is sharp as a knife when on the case, but bored to the point of despair when there's nothing for him to get his teeth into. Robert Downey and Jude Law are a smart pairing. The ever-present menace of the London underworld and the amateurism of a police force that has not yet embraced modern methods is finely judged. I was not entirely convinced by the "masonic" element, or the prizefighting, but it serves its purpose. This film is loads of fun and I recommend it.


4 out of 5 stars What a surprise!   July 5, 2010
S J Buck (Kent, UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

When I heard Guy Ritchie was directing a Sherlock Holmes film I nearly cried. Surely they could have found a decent director to helm the first (and perhaps only) big budget SH film? Like many other reviewers here Jeremy Brett performances remain absolutely definitive for me. Although (to avoid the inevitable comment) I am also a fan of Basil Rathbones performances. In fact on DVD I have more Rathbone than Brett.

Anyway to the film. Well I had to eat my hat, because the film is dam good. Robert Downey Jr is superb as Holmes. Its a different sort of Holmes from the Brett/Rathbone portrayal. Seemingly a little more street savy, but still with the razor sharp mind. Watson is perhaps even better. Its fast-paced, which for todays modern audience it needs to be. The terrible trailer for the film might have led you to believe that it was going to be full of explosions and the usual high-octane stuff that passes for an action film these days, but it seems Mr Ritchie has learnt a lot over the few years. There are still some of his trademark stop-motion tricks, but these seemed appropriate to the scenes they were in.

Criticisms:- frankly not many. A little too much obvious CGI. I have no problem with CGI, so long as I can't tell its there!

They have certainly left the way open to a 2nd film in the series, which I'm looking forward to. So overall, a really entertaining film, which even the most stubborn Brett/Rathbone fan should give a try.


5 out of 5 stars Great Stuff!!!!   August 24, 2010
Kathryn (Italy)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I was dubious about this, an American playing Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law as a sidekick. I was pleasantly surprised, Robert Downey jnr is brilliant, hes eccentric to the point of lunacy...really well acted and Jude Law is a stiff efficient Watson (and both are easy on the eye) The glumness of London is captured brilliantly, the storyline seems absurd at one point until it becomes more clear. Everything does the ledgend of Sherlock holmes justice (they have actioned it up a bit, but thats hollywood)


4 out of 5 stars Exciting and fantastically acted thriller   August 17, 2010
Benminx (Plymouth)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Guy Ritchie does himself great credit here by pouring his effort and focus into establishing the characters of Holmes, Watson and their relationship in great detail early on. Much as 'Lock Stock...' and 'Snatch' showed his talent with ensembles, this shows his talent at getting together excellent actors and letting their charisma and energy drive the plot forwards like a steam train without brakes. I grew up watching Jeremy Brett's possibly unbeatable Holmes, so it's nice to see the film try a different tack instead of trying to better the series on its own terms. Robert Downey Jr is mesmerising as Holmes, both fascinatingly degenerate and whip-smart in turn, capable of moments of great comedy but not afraid to be so incisive and cutting as to offend even his closest friends. It's a performance of incredible talent. Jude Law brings a very much appreciated multi-layered Watson, giving his charming gentleman a killer's edge and bringing his ex-military past far more sharply to the fore than the more bumbling character of many previous actors. He's also sharply critical of his friend's excesses, not the awed lapdog occasionally portrayed by his predecessors. Rachel McAdams is a ravishing love interest with a fiery spirit, and Mark Strong is very effective at the villain duties as the evil Lord Blackwood with his black-magic dreams of chaos and power.
Several set pieces are very flashy and exciting, and the intruigue is sustained very well throughout the film. Ritchie is good at surprises, and London looks very convincing.
There are a few flaws - Holmes seems to spend more time on action and less on deduction than feels quite right, but it's carried off with great gusto. Also some of the heritage of Ritchie's previous movies shows up a little too strongly, like the bare knuckle boxing and the massive muscular brute of a minor character. Some scenery looks just a touch CGI at a few critical moments as well.
However, the central characters are one of the strongest groups of charisma and talent I've seen in a single film in a long time, and it's undeniably exciting, and cunning enough to defy easy solution for a decent chunk of its running time. Well worth watching.

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