A humorous take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.A humorous take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.A humorous take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.
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- 4 wins & 4 nominations
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- TriviaAccording to Deadline, after disastrous test screenings, Sony attempted to sell the film to Netflix, which declined.
- GoofsAt Moriarty's trial, the judge draws particular attention to his gavel. British judges have never used gavels.
- Crazy creditsThe film opens with a fake quote from a Hannah Montana episode; Season 2, Episode 4. "Logic is the sword by which we slay ancient superstitions. But lo, the heart has its own truths to tell us."
- Alternate versionsUS and international versions have two different pre-title scenes, showing how the pair first met:
- In the US release, Watson helps a bullied Holmes when the two are children.
- In the international release, Watson attempts suicide above Holmes' garden, where he is growing a large vegetable. Holmes manages to convince Watson not to, although he is actually suggesting alternative methods instead, which Watson misinterprets. Nevertheless, Watson accidentally falls onto Holmes' vegetable.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Film Brain Podcast: Holmes & Watson: Investigating a Failure (2019)
- SoundtracksJust Won't Stop
Written by Ollie Teeba (as Oliver Trattles), Jake Wherry and Nicholas Eziefula
Performed by The Herbaliser
Courtesy of K7 Music GmbH
Featured review
While the movie had plenty of slapstick and cheese if you will-it was a comedy like "Airplane" and worthy of a look. Quality actors -some are very surprising and a light take on the story. I did not walk out when I saw this although a lot of people did. It reminded me of the British comedy group "Monty Python" and all the antics they got into over the years. Now it's only 90 minutes so it won't drag the story out and I found it lighthearted fun. Be mindful though that some of the content wasn't necessary but with slapstick humor it made its way into the film. If you need a few laughs and I certainly did at the time it was released give it a look.
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- Holmes and Watson
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Box office
- Budget
- $42,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $30,573,626
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,411,522
- Dec 30, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $40,466,970
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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