Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Reviews

Movie Reviews

• virtually every set-up and set-piece in this extravagantly tedious adventure is misleading, or worse, irrelevant

  by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]

• turns out good movie chemistry is something much more ... elementary

  by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]

• this sequel more tolerable than Sherlock Holmes (2009)

  by J. R. Jones [Chicago Reader ]

• this one reduces the irritants while maintaining a high enjoyability quotient

  by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]

• there is a plot, but no real intrigue, mystery or suspense, and no inkling of anything at stake beyond a childish and belligerent idea of fun

  by A.O. Scott [New York Times ]

• the Holmes deduction that follows can be as convoluted or elementary as necessary to move the story along

  by Andrew Lapin [NPR ]

• the bedlam extends to the screenplay, which hangs carefully worked-out jokes on a gobbledygook plot

  by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune ]

• simultaneously brash and dull - hardly a combustible combination

  by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]

• part of the movie's perversely cheeky design is that it throws away its own cleverness

  Review rate : B- by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]

• occasionally thrilling, sometimes hilarious and mostly absolute claptrap

  by Andrew O'Hehir [Salon.com ]

• new Holmes adventures must pursue a larger bounty than previous incarnations of the character

  by Brian Lowry [Variety ]

• lackluster screenwriting and the absence of actorly communion are breezed past with monotonous banter

  by Nick Pinkerton [Village Voice ]

• it's an enjoyably demented meta-finale

  by Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]

• certainly Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's creations have suffered permanent damage thanks to Ritchie's films

  by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune ]

• aside from the screenwriters, the same core team from the first outing has been reassembled, making for an absolutely consistent look, sound and feel to the proceedings

  by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter ]

• as big, loud moviemaking goes it's not quite as devoid of charm as it could have been

  by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies ]

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