Sherlock Holmes is a character whose sweet spot on screen is hard to find. Many great actors have embodied this cerebral character; from Robert Downey Jr. to Benedict Cumberpatch to Jonny Lee Miller … now Ian McKellen has stepped up to the role in the upcoming production, Mr. Holmes, opening July 17. Mr. Holmes is a new twist on the world’s most famous detective.
Movie Synopsis: In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement, and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love – before it’s too late.
Based on the novel A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin, Mr. Holmes reimagines Sherlock Holmes as a real person whose adventures have been turned into best-selling novels by his friend and partner Dr. John Watson. Now old and in failing health, the famously rational detective is forced to engage for the first time with his emotions as his mental powers dwindle.
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