Beautiful, moving film.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) is aged up, living in retirement, tending to his bees in the country. He tries to remember his last case from 30 years ago the outcome of which was changed by Dr Watson in his writings. The case concerned a man who consulted Mr Holmes about his wife who miscarried twice. Holmes observes that she wishes to do harm to her husband but later realises that she wishes to kill herself.Looking after him is his housekeeper, Mrs Munro (Laura Linney) and her young son Roger (Milo Parker.) However the housekeeper is worried about her future where Holmes is getting increasing decrepit and she is looking for another job. Holmes on a visit to Japan is looking for a substance to rejuvenate his memories where he also meets a man who thinks that Holmes once knew his father.Sherlock also finds time to see himself on celluloid as his adventures were adapted for the movies, played badly by an actor (Nicholas Rowe, reprising his role three decades after Young Sherlock Holmes.)This is an elegant film with a buzz about McKellen's performance. However it is a slight film that does wrap up its various plot lines very neatly.

It's not what you might expect from a Sherlock Holmes movie, and sometimes you think the BBC is just milking the brand for every last ounce, but this movie is worth a watch.The Roger character played by Milo Parker is truly outstanding. Fantastic acting. He gets a 10.You can always count on Ian McKellen and Hattie Morahan.Very poignant piece. Some good Life introspection.

Mr. Holmes is a beautiful story. I cannot emphasize it enough how beautiful it was.The film starts slowly, and to be honest, when I first started watching the movie I watched only the first 15 minutes. It seemed so dull and too slow, but I was so wrong.The story is built slowly, the characters develop their relationships slowly, the "case" inside the story builds up slowly. But when the film was coming to its end I just hoped for more. The slowness was definitely worth the wait, in the end, the movie just shines rays of beauty in form of its characters.I shed a couple tears near the ending as well, I won't spoil the plot details here. I can recommend it, I need to watch this again some day.

As a character study, this movie was excellent. As far as the acting, it was superb. Most notable performances were Ian McKellen (of course), Milo Parker and Hattie Morahan. And the subject matter was very well done. Aging, dementia and loss were all covered with both empathy and truth. Considering how long the persona of Sherlock Holmes has been around, this was a timely movie that in no way detracts from previous films. Nor does it feel like an ending of the series of Sherlock Holmes as a whole, but rather an exploration of one of many ways Mr. Holmes might retire - and why.While some may say it was too slow, not all great movies need a lot of action. This movie was well worth my time.