Taglines: They don’t have a clue.
A young Sherlock Holmes (Hector Bateman-Harden) is dropped off at a boarding school by his mother. Almost immediately, all the other kids start to pick on him and bully him. Sherlock keeps to himself until the kids appear to apologize and try to help him kiss a girl he likes. The kids blindfold Sherlock and make him kiss a donkey’s behind.
As the kids laugh at his humiliation, Sherlock decides from that day forward that he will close off all emotions and devote his life to solving crimes. He sucks a tear back into his eye and starts deducing other dirty deeds the kids were doing that can get them expelled, so they leave Sherlock alone for good. He then meets young John Watson (Codie-Lei Eastick), and the two become lifelong friends.
In the present day around 25 years later, the adult Holmes (now played by Will Ferrell) and the adult Watson (now played by John C. Reilly) are preparing to head to the trial of Holmes’s greatest nemesis, Professor James Moriarty (Ralph Fiennes). With only about 15 minutes left before the judge lets Moriarty free, Holmes and Watson are held back when their housekeeper Mrs. Hudson (Kelly Macdonald) brings them a package from Moriarty.
They open it and find a supposedly deadly mosquito flying around the room. Holmes and Watson smack each other to kill the bug until Holmes deduces in his head that at the proper angle, he can squash the mosquito without damaging the glass case of bees it is perched on. Holmes splats it, but his theory is wrong, and the case breaks, releasing the swarm of bees upon the room.
The judge is about to let Moriarty free until Holmes and Watson arrive in the nick of time. Holmes gives his testimony, concluding that the man standing trial is not guilty because it is not Moriarty. He is someone named Jacob Musgraves, set up to take the fall for Moriarty, and Holmes states that he could not have carried out any murders that Moriarty is guilty of because Musgraves has a tremble in his hand caused by too much wanking, and that the real Moriarty is heading to America. Inspector Lestrade (Rob Brydon) argues with Holmes that letting this man free will only lead to more murders, but Holmes brushes off Lestrade’s warnings.
Holmes & Watson is a 2018 American mystery buddy comedy film written and directed by Etan Cohen. The film stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as the eponymous characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, with Rebecca Hall, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, and Ralph Fiennes in supporting roles. The plot follows the famed detective duo as they set out to find the culprit behind a threat at Buckingham Palace.
Holmes & Watson (2018)
Directed by: Etan Cohen
Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Ralph Fiennes, Kelly Macdonald, Lauren Lapkus, Rebecca Hall, Steve Coogan, Bella Ramsey. Pam Ferris, Bronson Webb, Rob Brydon, Adam Scherr
Screenplay by: Etan Cohen, Arthur Conan Doyle
Production Design by: James Hambidge
Cinematography by: Oliver Wood
Film Editing by: Erik Jessen, Dean Zimmerman
Costume Design by: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Set Decoration by: Niamh Coulter
Art Direction by: David Allday, Toby Britton, Su Whitaker, Christopher Wyatt
Music by: Christophe Beck, Mark Mothersbaugh
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude sexual material, some violence, language and drug references.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: December 25, 2018
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