Mr Holmes Film Review

Finished watching Mr Holmes Directed by Bill Condon and staring Ian McKellen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Milo Parker, Laura Linney and Hattie Morahan. The film opens up to an ageing Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) retuning to his retirement home after a trip to Japan in 1947 to find some prickly ash in Hiroshima with Matsuda Umezaki (Hiroyuki Sanada) as his guide to hopefully improve his memory as it's slowly decaying. At his home Sherlock begins to continue his story of his last case that lead to his retirement as Sherlock hopes to write it the way it was and not how his friend Dr Watson portrayed it to be, as Roger (Milo Parker) the son of his housekeeper Mrs Munro (Laura Linney) gives Sherlock the inspiration and motivation to finish the story as the two form a close relationship similar to that of a Grandfather and Grandson relationship. Overall this was a good film as it shows an aspect of Sherlock Holmes' life that is not normally portrayed and it gives a different angle to his life. While the case itself is very intriguing as it shows Sherlock in his element as the case of Ann Kelmot (Hattie Morahan) becomes more and more interesting as the story continues throughout the film. Also the relationship between Roger and Sherlock comes very organically and helps forward the plot of the film in the process. 7/10.