Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- Directed by
- Guy Ritchie
- Genre
- action film, adventure film, mystery film, buddy cop film, crime thriller film
- Country
- Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 14,859 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1890s London, the eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. John Watson investigate a series of crimes tied to a mysticist villain who appears to have returned from the dead. Holmes uses his sharp intellect and offbeat methods to unravel the mystery.
fast-pacedcleveradventurouswittymysteriousstylishdarkly playfulintricate
What happens
Sherlock Holmes is a 2009 period mystery action film starring Robert Downey Jr. as the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. The screenplay written by Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, and Simon Kinberg was developed from a story by Wigram and Johnson. In addition to Downey as Holmes, Jude Law portrays Dr. John Watson. The film, set in 1890, follows eccentric detective Holmes and his companion Watson investigating the crimes of Lord Blackwood, a mysticist who has seemingly risen from the dead. Rachel McAdams stars as Holmes's former adversary Irene Adler and Mark Strong portrays villain Lord Henry Blackwood. Sherlock Holmes was wide released in theatres by Warner Bros. Pictures on 25—26 December 2009. It received mostly positive reviews from film critics, and grossed $525 million worldwide, becoming the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2009. Downey won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. The film was also nominated for two Academy Awards, Best Original Score and Best Art Direction. A sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, was released in 2011, with a third film in the works to be directed by Dexter Fletcher. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Blind Banker (2010)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.