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Sherlock Holmes

2009 2h 9m
Action Adventure Mystery
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.2/10
15,035 reviews
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Sherlock Holmes

Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.

"Nothing escapes him."

Top Billed Cast

Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr.
Sherlock Holmes
Jude Law
Jude Law
Dr. John Watson
Rachel McAdams
Rachel McAdams
Irene Adler
Mark Strong
Mark Strong
Lord Henry Blackwood
Eddie Marsan
Eddie Marsan
Inspector Lestrade
Robert Maillet
Robert Maillet
Dredger
Geraldine James
Geraldine James
Mrs. Hudson
Kelly Reilly
Kelly Reilly
Mary Morstan

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

J JPV852 Verified TMDB Critic
2020-08-28

Fun adaptation of the classic character played wonderfully by Robert Downey Jr. who has some nice banter with Jude Law's Holmes as well as the beautiful Rachel McAdams. I like Mark Strong but he doesn't have a whole lot to work with. It's also a bit long however I was entertained. **3.75/5**...

W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic
2021-12-12

_**Sherlock Holmes goes hyperkinetic action with impossible CGI**_

In Victorian London, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) & Dr. Watson (Jude Law) enter into a clash of wits and brawn with a serial killing Lord involved in black magic who, apparently, has risen from the dead (Mark Strong). Rachel McAdams and Kelly Reilly play the women in the protagonists’ lives.

Directed by Guy Ritchie, “Sherlock Holmes” (2009) takes Arthur Conan Doyle’s popular Victorian detective and successfully morphs him into an action hero with rapid-fire dialogues and over-the-top thrills. It’s like a...

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2025-08-09

With the evil “Lord Blackwood” (Mark Strong) now safely strung up and cut down, “Sherlock Holmes” (Robert Downey Jr) and his Boswell “Dr. Watson” (Jude Law) are relaxed as the latter man plans his impending nuptials to “Mary” (Kelly Reilly). Of course, it being Victorian London, the next crime spree is never far away, only this time it concerns some of the highest-placed people in the government. What’s more, their former antagonist appears to have risen from the grave and resumed his previous, nefarious, habits. Pretty swiftly, our sleuth deduces a certain connection with th...