Mr. Holmes is a solid (if unremarkable) period drama that is anchored by a great Ian McKellen performance as an old Sherlock Holmes.
Mr. Holmes picks up in the year 1947, as a 93-year old Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) now spends his days at a remote farmhouse in the Sussex countryside, tending to his bees. Holmes’ memory has started to fade, though he attempts to counter-act his deteriorating mind by consuming royal jelly, as well as a unique substance (known as prickly ash) that he gathered from a recent trip to Japan.
It turns out Holmes is trying to recall the details of his final case, which involved a troubled married woman named Ann Kelmot (Hattie Morahan). Holmes, with some assistance from his housekeeper Mrs. Munro (Laura Linney) and especially her young son Roger (Milo Parker), sets …
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