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| MR. HOLMES movie poster |
The movie starts the renowned English actor Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes.
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| Ian McKellen |
Taking care of him and his home is a war widow, Mrs. Munro, who is played by the wonderful actress Laura Linney. Also in the group is her curious and intelligent son, Roger (Milo Parker) who often tries her patience.
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| Laura Linney |
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| Milo Parker |
Holmes takes an interest in the precocious young lad and they form a unique friendship. When Holmes begins training Roger on how to care for the bees and the aviaries, his mother expresses concerns about the dangers of working with bees, but they continue on with both enjoying the bees and their time together.
One issue Holmes has is that he is struggling with his memory. He takes to writing down people's names on the cuffs of his shirt to help him remember them. Another mystery in the movie is his recent trip to Japan, who he meet, what he went there for and brought back with him.
When Dr. Barrie (Roger Allam) drops by to check on Holmes he discovers the extent of the memory problems that Holmes is having. The doctor gives him a journal and tells Holmes to make a mark in the journal during the day whenever he can not remember a name or some other event. Later on, during another visit, the doctor looking through the journal finds many marks on each day increasing over time.
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| Roger Allam |
There are several stories at play in this movie::
Holme's remembering and re-telling to Roger what happened about his last case
the mysterious trip to Japan
the story of his housekeeper and her young son
the story of the bees
Holme's illness
Do all these stories wrap up and end happily? Well, Dear Reader, you will just have to hunt for your own clues to solve the mystery.
This movie does move at a slow pace but the English countryside where the movie was filmed more than makes up for that. The house and gardens were just beautiful as was the beach area and the ever famous White Cliffs of Dover.
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| Holmes and Roger on walk to the beach |
One last note, a favorite English actress, Frances De La Tour has a small part in the movie. Not sure it you have seen the PBS series "Vicious" but both Ian McKellen and Frances are in it and it is rather funny. And OK she was in some of the Harry Potter movies!
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| France De La Tour |
The Travelling Toe gives this movie 2 middle toes up - one with a magnifying glass and one with a deerstalker hat.
Disclaimer: The Travelling Toe is not a professional critic and any opinions expressed are for entertainment purposes only.
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