Mr Holmes
Original Title
A Slight Trick of the Mind- Director: Bill Condon
- Writer: Mitch Cullin; Jeffrey Hatcher
- Producer: Anne Carey; Iain Canning
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It happens to us all...age and its inherent decrepitude.
McKellen is titantic as he travails through his voyages of senility and those glorious yesteryears.
The sadness is tangible...how we wither. More poignant when set against a shining light - young Milo Parker is a beacon.
There is a subtext...with Watson, a face never seen, mentioned with embittered affection...from a regretful Mr Holmes.
How the Mighty weather and wither...how the tears do fall.
A beautiful and under-appreciated film.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The story is actually set in 1947, following a long-retired Holmes living in a Sussex village with his housekeeper and rising detective son. But then he finds himself haunted by an unsolved 50-year old case. Holmes memory isn't what it used to be, so he only remembers fragments of the case: a confrontation with an angry husband, a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife.
Cast & Characters
Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes;
Milo Parker as Roger;
Laura Linney as Mrs. Munro;
Hattie Morahan as Ann Kelmot;
Patrick Kennedy as Thomas Kelmot;
Hiroyuki Sanada as Tamiki Umezaki;
Roger Allam as Dr. Barrie;
Colin Starkey as Dr. John Watson;
Philip Davis as Inspector Gilbert;
Nicholas Rowe as Matinee 'Sherlock';
Frances de la Tour as Madame Schirmer;
Madeleine Worrall as The Haunted Woman;
Sarah Crowden as Mrs. Hudson;
Takako Akashi as Maya;
Zak Shukor as Matsuda Umezaki