Holmes & Watson (2018)

Director: Etan Cohen
Stars: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Ralph Fiennes
Runtime: 90 minutes

Synopsis: A spoof on the famous detective and his companion, as they are once again faced with a case that involves the evil Moriarty.

Performances: 5/10
Screenplay: 4/10
Costumes/Makeup: 4/10
Editing: 5/10
Cinematography: 4/10
Score/Soundtrack: 3/10

Verdict: Directed by Etan Cohen (not to be confused with Ethan Coen!), "Holmes & Watson" is a perfectly fine disposable flick that could be enjoyed if watched with a certain mindset. It's not a good movie by all means and most of the jokes feel forced, lazy, and quite frankly just plain dumb, but I did find myself shamelessly giggling more than once at a couple of awesome cameos and surprisingly well-delivered lines. The case itself is obviously nowhere near the complexity of the head-scratching ones we've been gifted in any previous more serious iterations of the British detective, but is also not as bad as I was expecting it to be. In fact, the same can be said about the entire film which I can see a lot of people enjoying if watched after a long and tiring day at work.

FINAL GRADE: 4/10

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