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6.5In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memory and must rely on his housekeeper's son as he revisits the still-unsolved case that led to his retirement.
Cast
- Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes
- Laura Linney as Mrs. Munro
- Milo Parker as Roger
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Tamiki Umezaki
- Roger Allam as Dr. Barrie
- Frances de la Tour as Madame Schirmer
Themes
- london, england
- based on novel or book
- detective
- memory loss
- mysterious
- thoughtful
- sherlock holmes
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
69,666 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
67/100
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Family
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 19 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Bill Condon
- Screenplay by
- Jeffrey Hatcher
- Based on
- A Slight Trick of the Mind , by Mitch Cullin
- Produced by
- Anne Carey Iain Canning Emile Sherman
- Starring
- Ian McKellen Laura Linney Hiroyuki Sanada Milo Parker
- Cinematography
- Tobias A. Schliessler
- Edited by
- Virginia Katz
- Music by
- Carter Burwell
- Production companies
- AI Film BBC Films FilmNation Entertainment Archer Gray Productions See-Saw Films
- Distributed by
- Entertainment One (United Kingdom) Miramax Roadside Attractions (United States)
- Release dates
- 7 February 2015 ( 2015-02-07 ) ( Berlinale ) 19 June 2015 ( 2015-06-19 ) (United Kingdom) 17 July 2015 ( 2015-07-17 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 104 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $10 million (est.)
- Box office
- $29.4 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Bill Condon
- Cast member
- Ian McKellen
- Composer
- Carter Burwell
- Producer
- Iain Canning
- Production company
- BBC Film
- Cinematographer
- Tobias A. Schliessler
- Narrative location
- United Kingdom
- Filming location
- England
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 875350
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- mrholmesfilm.com
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- publication date
- 2015-07-24
- title
- Mr. Holmes
- distributed by
- Netflix
- characters
- Sherlock Holmes
- Commons category
- Mr. Holmes (2015 film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 67/100
- capital cost
- 10000000
- box office
- 29355203
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mr. Holmes is a 2015 mystery film directed by Bill Condon, based on Mitch Cullin's 2005 novel A Slight Trick of the Mind, and featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. The film stars Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes, Laura Linney as his housekeeper Mrs. Munro and Milo Parker as her son Roger. Set primarily during his retirement in Sussex, the film follows a 93-year-old Holmes who struggles to recall the details of his final case because his mind is slowly deteriorating.
Principal photography began on 5 July 2014, in London. The film was screened out of competition at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival and had its premiere on 7 February 2015.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mr. Holmes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.