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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

After the somewhat unexpected worldwide success of Ritchie's take on Holmes a few years back, a sequel was guaranteed, and here it is. It offers more of the same, as Holmes and Watson take on Moriarty in a plot borrowed from any Bond movie, with Ritchie's trademark action and cinematic effects. Reviews have been mixed, and opening US boxoffice was disappointing compared to the first episode.

130 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Violence)
Action, Adventure, Crime, Detective/Mystery, Thriller.

Credits

Cast

Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Jared Harris, Stephen Fry

Director

Guy Ritchie

Screenplay

Michele Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney, from the characters by Arthur Conan Doyle

Music

Hans Zimmer

Cinematography

Philippe Rousselot

Editing

James Herbert

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2011

Produced by

Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Silver Pictures, Wigram Productions, Lin Pictures

SA Distributor

Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama, adventure, crime
Language	Mild
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Fairly frequent, low impact, unrealistic
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Brief use of alcohol and cigarettes
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarMark Jenkins Trades brains for brawn

International Media

Box Office (USA)James Rocchi Big and bold and brash and blunt, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is never more than a stunning, mis-made moneymaker that feels like a sketch of itself.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert Set aside your memories of the Conan Doyle stories, save them to savor on a night this winter and enjoy this movie as a high-caliber entertainment.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli A Game of Shadows is a stronger, better realized movie that builds upon the strengths of the original and jettisons some of the weaknesses.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs While it has its moments, overall I found myself bored more often than engaged with what was occurring. That's never a good thing,

Metacritic.com37 critics

RottenTomatoes.com167 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a good yarn thanks to its well-matched leading men but overall stumbles duplicating the well-oiled thrills of the original.

Movie Review Query Engine (USA)MRQE critics <img src=http://mrqe_histograms.s3.amazonaws.com/detailed-graph-128051.jpg?score=59>

Movie Review Intelligence (USA)49 critics

Internet (IMDB)10514 Netizens Elementary, Holmes

Average .. 60%

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