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 A fine new adventure for Holmes. May 24, 2005
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
Before BBC1 aired this new Sherlock Holmes adventure around Christmas 2004, I was a little apprehensive.pThe programme's writer, Allan Cubitt, had done a cracking adaptation of Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles in 2002 directed by David Attwood and starring Richard Roxburgh as Holmes and Ian Hart as Watson. While Roxburgh had his detractors (although I thought he gave a great, coldly cerebral performance) praise for Hart was unanimous, the script and actor taking an approach that emphasised Watson's adaptability, strength of character and military service in Afghanistan rather more than other adaptations. Cubitt also teased out the issues of trust from Conan Doyle's story, giving the relationship between Holmes and Watson an absorbing frisson.pI was hoping for more adaptations, but when the BBC announced that Cubitt was creating a new Holmes story I was curious, but a little disappointed. Upon learning that Roxburgh had been replaced by Rupert Everett, whom I couldn't see working in the role at all, I found my enthusiasm waning.pI shouldn't have been so concerned. Simon Cellan Jones had replaced Attwood at the helm and actually, though the production was a very different experience to The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking was generally highly successful.pSet sometime after the Conan Doyle's stories, the script is lifted out of simple pastiche by the manner in which Cubitt moves the central characters' relationship on. Holmes and Watson are older and while the detective's life has, to some extent, stagnated, the good doctor's has moved on in both professional and personal arenas.pThis of course changes when Holmes begins investigating a series of murders, all involving young women with beautiful feet and strangulation via the titular hosiery.pHart continues to be wonderful as Watson, while Everett makes for a very captivating and atypical Holmes - while the flashes of intellectual brilliance are still there, his Holmes is somewhat more vulnerable and out-of-place or even out-of-time than the character is presented by Conan Doyle.pWhile perhaps a more modern mystery than some of the much-loved short stories and novels, The Case of the Silk Stocking is nonetheless an exceedingly satisfying mystery. This modernity is excused to an extent by the tale being situated after the Conan Doyle canon and when it works the best it is precisely because the dynamic between the two leads has moved on.pThe creators of this tale have taken the legacy of Holmes seriously and have come up with a very worthy and, more importantly, fantastically exciting tale. Although I miss Roxburgh (and nobody in moving image versions of the character stands up to Jeremy Brett) I'd be thrilled to see much more of Everett in the role.
It has subtitles! June 15, 2009
Marie (Norway)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just want everyone to know that this dvd has english subtitles. I do not understand why Amazon doesn't inform this.
Wonderful April 4, 2006
Oh Crikey! (England)
5 out of 14 found this review helpful
Part of this film were filmed at a house that I am restoring and I have seen what went on behind the scenes. It is wonderfully shot, well edited, brilliantly cast and scary.pFor those that compare it against previous Sherlock films, go and get a life - it's a film! And a jolly entertaining film too! Good stuff.
The Marvellous Case of the Converted Woman January 15, 2009
Ms. E. A. Raven-Hill (Leicestershire)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have never been a fan of Sherlock Holmes and whilst I realise that this is probably heresy and will get me hanged, I've found the characters unconvincing and Holmes himself is an unsympathetic, pompous, self-satisfied know-it-all. and the Watson in the books is not the bumbling fool so often portrayed on film and television.
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br /Then along comes Rupert Everett who, although exceedingly pretty, I've never much rated as an actor. In this case there was never an actor more suited to a role since John Thaw played Morse. Everett has many pertinant personal qualities which he brings to bear in his portrayal of Holmes and for the first time, I was utterly captivated and sympathetic to this very complex character who was brought to life by Everett and the completely perfect Ian Hart as Watson.
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br /If you like reading Sherlock Holmes you will finally see your hero played properly. If you don't like Sherlock Holmes, watch this at once and perpare to be delighted.
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br /Note to Producers: Please do some more as soon as possible.
Loved It!! February 1, 2006
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
Rupert Everett is the best Holmes yet! Its about time that someone with such magnificent screen presence played the role. Yes the story is a bit predictable and hackneyed but the acting and the whole look and feel of the production is of a far superior standard to it#x27;s predesessors. And its about time we had a more intelligent and subtle interpretation of Watson instead of the usual bumbling buffoon, played brilliantly by Ian Hart
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