Holmes & Watson (2018)
A humorous take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. (imdb)
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Adventure, Mystery
AKA: Holmes and Watson
Country: USA
Directed By: Etan Cohen
Written By: Etan Cohen
Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Steve Coogan, Ralph Fiennes, Billy Zane, Pam Ferris, Hugh Laurie, Kelly Macdonald, Rebecca Hall
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Holmes & Watson belongs to 10 collections
1. Sherlock Holmes (public: moderated by djross - 4 stars)
2. London (public: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
3. Female villain (public - 1 star)
4. Box-Office Flop (public)
5. Development Hell (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer)
6. Non-musicals with a full-on musical number in the middle (at least 1 major character singing while dancing) (public: moderated by nauru)
7. Murder investigation (public: moderated by tipar)
8. Mystery movies that keep you guessing (public: moderated by tipar)
9. 2018: Complete Watchlist (private: SageSledge - 1 star)
10. All Time Worst (private: SageSledge)
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| Jun 10 | Andys8 | 70 70% |
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| Jun 06 |  |
Curb | 0 0% |
| Jun 06 | Crusty | 2 0% |
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| Jun 04 | bfirem | 8 2% |
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| May 30 |  |
ribcage | 2 1% |
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Holy shit that was rough. I laughed at just about every joke when Ferrell wasn't on screen out of sheer relief. Seriously, I so desperately wanted it to stop that when the movie cut to two dogs attacking a straw doll I laughed. Not smirked, not chuckled, I went AAHAHAHAH as if it was even a joke. It's almost a low rent parody of a Ferrell-Reilly movie that by some dumb fluke stars Ferrell and Reilly. The best joke is a Billy Zane cameo. No, really. Let that sink in
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| May 29 | trollhunter6 | 28 4% |
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| May 29 |  |
Ad. | 6 1% |
| May 24 | hroo772 | 1 3% |
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Couldn't make it more than 30 min in, just terrible
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| May 12 | jzeitz | 5 0% |
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| May 11 |  |
NhanLa | 20 5% |
| May 10 | freeSpirit | 95 32% |
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| May 09 |  |
mwgerb | 18 7% |
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It's dumb, but that is somewhat forgivable. Especially because Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly have made masterpieces out of idiocy in the past. The film's true crime is that it has the audacity to be boring.
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| May 09 | Cronos | 30 17% |
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| May 05 |  |
xanderbisc | 35 14% |
| May 03 |  |
I am prowler | 38 3% |
| May 01 |  |
DougCollins | 70 11% |
| May 01 |  |
Kurtz | 1 4% |
| Apr 28 |  |
Coso | 60 30% |
| Apr 28 | dcphillips | 62 2% |
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| Apr 28 | Burak1 | 20 23% |
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| Apr 26 |  |
bacon&adidas | 40 5% |
| Apr 24 |  |
Ramy | 0 3% |
| Apr 21 |  |
JJ1986 | 20 2% |
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The laziest...from the already dated references to selfies and drunk-texts to the, for some reason, played straight anachronism of the Titanic appearing, to the horribly defined protagonist. Is Holmes a lucky idiot or is helpless but propped up by Watson a la Without a Clue or is he a brilliant detective who just happens to act like an idiot throughout the film. It's all 3 and none of the above and the movie doesn't even figure Ferrell acting like a belligerent idiot very often. He's just bland.
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| Apr 20 |  |
korbenPL | 18 8% |
| Apr 20 | reeses87 | 70 30% |
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| Apr 18 |  |
PietHeijn | 25 13% |
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So bad.
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| Apr 18 |  |
sdiama | 20 14% |
| Apr 17 | L0NMjS | 21 % |
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zairakas | 40 32% |
| Apr 15 |  |
defiance13 | 60 33% |
| Apr 14 |  |
feritdgn | 25 2% |
| Apr 14 |  |
chiefg | 10 3% |
| Apr 13 |  |
Johnny Mo | 45 3% |
| Apr 09 | petters | 68 46% |
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| Apr 08 | SlumberyBox | 84 71% |
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Temptershell | 34 2% |
| Apr 07 | kurzavas | 60 % |
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| Apr 06 |  |
kafka1325 | 31 13% |
| Apr 06 |  |
Yiannos | 45 13% |
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Rejected by Netflix, H+W is perhaps not as awful as critics said, but it's a definite misfire whose slapstick antics seem completely out of step with contemporary sensibilities. It plays like a comedy from the late 00's, and the script has apparently been floating around since that time. Ferrell and Riley work so well together and have such natural chemistry that makes them watchable even when the gags aren't hitting, but they can't improvise their way around Cohen's mediocre material.
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| Apr 03 | cloondog | 61 56% |
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neurophate | 36 8% |
| Apr 03 | PUNQ | 50 78% |
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A wild comic Sherlock Holmes mess with Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly going at it without restraint! Could probable have needed someone with a whip behind the camera to focus the gags a little bit, but take the madness in, appreciate it and don't fear stupidity!
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| Apr 02 |  |
amazedemon | 41 2% |
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A colossal waste of time and talent. Holmes & Watson is a puerile and worse unfunny movie. One that seemily channels the spirit of Epic Movie and the other parody movie that felt dated a decade ago, but with even less integrity. It won a Razzy, but it's beyond the so-bad-it’s-good territory that it circles back to irredeemable.
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| Mar 31 | drewTO | 70 22% |
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| Mar 30 | toro913 | 3 0% |
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| Mar 26 |  |
chmul_cr0n | 63 34% |
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Feelgood no-brainer. Most of it's not funny at all (quite the opposite), yet the anarchistic attitude and the boldness with which all the nonsense and tastelessness is put forth makes this very likeable. Like Marx Brothers, but without the aptitude.
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| Mar 25 |  |
Scarface | 30 5% |
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avgcrtckr | 26 6% |
| Mar 25 |  |
filmaffinity | 32 1% |
| Mar 24 | ondry | 82 45% |
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| Mar 24 |  |
Uatu | 1 12% |
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Vandelay1 | 67 66% |
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good movie
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| Mar 24 |  |
babaracus | 6 24% |
| Mar 24 |  |
msprague | 50 10% |
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I said, Good Day to you Sir!!
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| Mar 23 | jackvacton | 60 4% |
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| Mar 22 |  |
ibodirector | 0 0% |
| Mar 20 |  |
Paradigma | 55 24% |
| Mar 20 |  |
bybrt | 20 4% |
| Mar 20 |  |
donmezsefa | 25 5% |
| Mar 19 |  |
orcunyondem | 4 10% |
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Usually, Will Ferrel movies keep it simple and between funny and nearly funny. Don't need to expect much, some surprise cameos and references make it cool yet there were tons of cliche jokes and terrible scenes that make you want to puke; literally. Also; Kelly Macdonald did a weird job. Not good, not bad but weird.
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| Mar 19 |  |
glumpy_99 | 69 26% |
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Amusing if uneven comedy has an admirable 'throw everything at the wall and see what sticks' sensibility; the scattershot approach means that anything better than a 50% hit rate would be an achievement. Thankfully Reilly and Ferrell's easy chemistry with each other makes this infinitely more tolerable than if it had been in other hands, and there are some inspired moments of off-the-wall lunacy. Far from a misbegotten masterpiece, but still a lot of fun, with Ferris a hoot as Queen Victoria.
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| Mar 15 | darkwave1062 | 80 34% |
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| Mar 15 | Prendelo | 55 6% |
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| Mar 14 |  |
buddhalou | 30 2% |
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Well... at least a bunch of people got paychecks.
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| Mar 14 | UXX3 | 60 44% |
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| Mar 13 |  |
mrarn | 20 1% |
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Every aspect of this film was built for humor and it wasn't funny.
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| Mar 12 |  |
red dress | 5 11% |
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This is exactly what you would expect from a movie with Will Ferrell. Honestly you can guess most of the jokes before seeing the comedy. One is only left to wonder, why is Hugh Laurie in it?
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| Mar 12 |  |
Iamdwg | 32 2% |
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FreddieQuell | 58 41% |
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OzGrenouille | 60 11% |
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BillyShears | 70 53% |
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When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth ... I am a dumb stupid idiot.
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| Feb 02 | Devilishmess | 2 1% |
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| Jan 19 | ahmalj | 1 1% |
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tracy | 2 3% |
| Jan 08 | fireplacer | 48 8% |
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| Jan 07 | filmfan | 0 0% |
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haljordan2 | 1 % |
| Jan 05 | shenks | 61 37% |
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pmpfe | 79 42% |
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luisferreira | 65 32% |
| Jan 04 | Skerringer | 63 44% |
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| Jan 03 |  |
ADragon91 | 50 24% |
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I can't believe how much hate this movie is getting. Honestly, I got what I was expecting out of a Will Ferrell comedy. Yeah, not all the jokes work and the writing could be better, but I got a few genuine laughs and think the chemistry and banter between Ferrell and Reilly's characters were great. I really liked the musical number and yeah it was stupid but I wasn't expecting like a smart comedy. Not saying it was amazing, but I don't feel it was nearly as awful as everyone was saying it was.
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| Jan 02 |  |
warrensm | 3 4% |
| Jan 01 |  |
nauru | 25 19% |
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Just absurd. But I laughed. One of the best things about watching this at the cinema--besides the shameless snickers from other members of my demographic throughout the mostly empty theatre--was the elderly couple in front of us, maybe mid-seventies, who just didn't seem to be laughing very much. Turns out they were expecting an actual Sherlock Holmes movie, to follow-up the TV special on him they'd watched the night before... And still they stayed to the bitter end, what a pair of troopers!
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| Jan 01 |  |
tinythedogg | 30 14% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | sboden | 1 0% |
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| Dec 30, 2018 | aqamal | 50 10% |
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| Dec 29, 2018 | bigboymood | 3 10% |
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| Dec 29, 2018 |  |
TV+Film-Hub | 10 52% |
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Wow this piece of sh!t needs editing or a total re-write! Any experienced director would been shouting: "Cut what the f#ck is happening?" But the director, Etan Cohen, is a totally newbie that only ever directed one other really bad film, Get Hard! So really shame on us for watching, fooled me twice!
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| Dec 28, 2018 | filmcricket | 13 1% |
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| Dec 28, 2018 |  |
SageSledge | 1 0% |
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This is not a score I give lightly. “Holmes & Watson” really is THAT bad. Very few films have made me actively feel the urge to get out of my seat and leave, but I came close a few times. I’ve seen comedies that are unfunny, films that are completely inept, but every piece of this pitiful excuse of a movie falls to pieces under seemingly no pressure at all. A light prod is all it takes for this bloated, agonizingly unfunny house of cards to collapse in on itself. Elementary? Not even close
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| Dec 28, 2018 |  |
EricDSnider2 | 78 36% |
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redflag | 40 1% |
| Dec 27, 2018 | chiphall72 | 32 4% |
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| Dec 27, 2018 |  |
MetaCritic2 | 24 2% |
| Dec 26, 2018 | Catfishwon | 80 60% |
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| Dec 26, 2018 | CarsonWid | 44 17% |
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| Dec 26, 2018 | whatisitisee | 50 8% |
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| Dec 25, 2018 |  |
Jake_R | 82 72% |
| Nov 25, 2018 | StefServer | 0 % |
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| Average Percentile 17.41% from 101 Ratings |  |
