MR HOLMES
Directed by Bill Condon
Screenplay by Mitch Cullin
Starring Ian McKellen; Laura Linney; and Milo Parker
The story is set in 1947, following a retired Holmes (McKellen) living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper Mrs. Munro (Linney) and rising detective son Roger (Parker). Holmes's memory isn't what it used to be, still, he is still haunted by an unsolved case, but he only remembers fragments of the case: a confrontation with an angry husband and his beautiful but unstable wife.
I will not talk about the case he is working on because I think that could be a spoiler. However I will touch on the film and it's view of the elderly Holmes.
There is a sadness in this film. Holmes is now elderly, and failing in health and mind, which as we all know his mind was always sharp. He is becoming unreliable to himself, which obviously frustrates him.
So, he lives a quiet life now. He tends to bees/honey making while fighting Drs and fighting father time. He still wants to solve a case that is eating him up, but he cannot remember why. So now he realize on Roger and his sharp young mind to help him with his memory, as he tries to solve/grasp more about the mystery. As the film gets to the end we all see that solving mysteries while ignoring an emotional element, that Holmes was known for, may not resolve the whole problem.
Well McKellen will get an Oscar Nom without a doubt. Linney is so quiet and so patient and at the same time so hard as the Housekeeper. Then Milo Parker, he steals every scene he is in. His character worships Holmes and sometimes he just watches from a distance not saying a thing but saying so much. A very good film that seems to fly by at 105 minutes.
4 out of 5 stars for Mr. Holmes. An entirely different spin on Sherlock Holmes. As he pretty much says, Watson was full of crap in those books.
Well as always thanks for your time from the shadows.
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