Sherlock Gnomes

Name: Sherlock Gnomes
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
Released: March 23, 2018
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 36
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Blunt, Gang Chi, Gary Bradbury, James McAvoy

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 23, 2018 | PG

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Blunt, Gang Chi, Gary Bradbury, James McAvoy, Jamie Demetriou, Johnny Depp, Julio Bonet, Kelly Asbury, Maggie Smith, Mary J. Blige, Michael Caine, Ozzy Osbourne, Rosalie Craig, Stephen Merchant

Summary: Garden gnomes, Gnomeo & Juliet, recruit renown detective, Sherlock Gnomes, to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.

Director: John Stevenson

Genre(s): Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 86 min

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Christian Holub

Mar 22, 2018

Sherlock Gnomes doesn’t quite have the originality and spark to make it a pop-culture phenomenon. Yet it’s still an enjoyable family adventure with a solid message. Read full review

William Bibbiani

Mar 22, 2018

It’s a speedy adventure with diverse action set pieces and a mystery that boasts at least one halfway decent twist. Read full review

Jesse Hassenger

Mar 22, 2018

Most of the movie’s star power has been harnessed without much obvious reason, right down to the movie’s seeming origins as a delivery system for the Elton John catalog. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Mar 22, 2018

Sherlock Gnomes offers more variety than its predecessor. Although still laced with glib pop culture references (wow, a skinny latte) and scored with Elton John tunes in a way that plays like a concession to adults, it has occasional fun ideas, such as rendering the inner workings of Holmes’s mind in hand-drawn black and white. Read full review

Oktay Ege Kozak

Mar 28, 2018

The reason such a colorful mainstream family time-waster should exist is to string together a bunch of zippy PG-rated action set-pieces. In that sense, the film succeeds at the basest level, thanks primarily to the beautifully crisp animation, a big step-up from the first film’s overtly plastic CG look. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Mar 28, 2018

It doesn’t have a laugh in it, and the story isn’t worth more than a sentence long summary. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Mar 28, 2018

Remember the eyeball-scrapingly unfunny "Gnomeo and Juliet"? Remember watching it and thinking, “Really? It’s 2011, and we’re still doing Borat mankini jokes?” Well, welcome to Sherlock Gnomes, a sequel seven years past its sell-by date, and 12 years after Sacha Baron Cohen made audiences cringe at his swimsuit choices. Read full review

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GreedyWarioMan

Mar 23, 2018

Martin Scorsese's newest movie titled "Sherlock Gnomes" is possibly his greatest feature yet. The Oscars better make this win best picture next year after the brilliant "The Boss Baby" got robbed.

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SmashFan

Mar 23, 2018

Movie of the year! An absolute masterpiece of animation with a compelling storyline, hilarious characters, and strong character development, making for the best movie based of an anime so far in 2018.

1 of 5 users found this helpful14

OH_RickNMorty

Aug 12, 2018

A typical children’s films - the good guy always wins, and the bad guy always loses. The film was nothing more than that for me, and I could’ve gladly gone without watching that. 6/10.

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TheRatingForest

Apr 8, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To be honest, Sherlock Gnomes was decent. Which I don't mean good. Below average but sorta good, yeah. Sherlock Gnomes has Gnomeo and Juliet in it... Based on Sherlock Holmes, it's not that successful like Ready Player One.… Expand

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DavidWasHere

Jun 22, 2018

This movie is just pointless. Like if they want to tell a silly kids story about Sherlock Holmes, why have it be a sequel to a bad 2011 film no one remembers? And considering the box office performance of this film, it's a real bonehead decision!

There are some positives...I guess. TheThis movie is just pointless. Like if they want to tell a silly kids story about Sherlock Holmes, why have it be a sequel to a bad 2011 film no one remembers? And considering the box office performance of this film, it's a real bonehead decision!

There are some positives...I guess. The animation has improved a lot after the first film. The textures are nice, the set pieces look big, and the action scenes are pretty fun that will surely entertain the kids. It does feel like an expansion to the first film, even if it is filmsy. The voice cast isn't terrible, not remarkable either, but they do a decent enough job. Emily Blunt, James McAvory, Chitwetel Ejiofor, and Mary J. Blige did a solid job, as does Johnny Depp despite some bad reads every now and then, and Jamie Demetriou does stand out as Moriarty. Also the gargoyles look pretty cute despite them being menacing killers.

Okay so the negatives. The whole premise of this film feels like a very flimsy attempt at making a sequel when it really should not have been. There is no real reason why this is a sequel to Gnomeo and Juliet, no true benefits other than it being a safe attempt at making money (it made less than the first film). The conflict is forced, as Gnomeo acts like a whiny ass to Juliet and is totally unlikable, as is the titular Sherlock Gnomes. The film never offers any true laughs, unless you are under the age of 10 or are a parent that's been numbed by life to find lame jokes funny. There is a twist that is painfully obvious. And there is no real reason why Elton John songs are used in the film since they barely play any of his music besides an awful remix of Don't Go Breakin' My Heart at the opening credits. Also them removing Jim Cumming's character from the first film is a travesty, since the flamingo is the best part of the first film and damnit Jim Cummings is one of the best voice actors alive how dare they!

Honestly I don't have much to say since this is just a bargain barrel kids film. It's not the worst thing ever, but hardly redemptive nor worth more than the rating I am giving it. It's passable, but kids deserve a lot better!

Also how come everyone was so up and arms that Johnny Depp is going to be in the next Fantastic Beasts film in spite of his domestic abuse allegations, yet NO ONE said anything about him being the voice of the titular character in a children's film? Be consistent!!!… Expand

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RalphcCiurczak

Nov 27, 2021

+Animation is impressive
+Casting is great
+Score is quite good -Plot makes no sense -Several characters from Gnomeo and Juilet missing -Jokes aren't funny and are dumb -The plot twist(not saying what it is) is poorly written -The original song is bland -The Elton John songs are mostly edm+Animation is impressive
+Casting is great
+Score is quite good

-Plot makes no sense
-Several characters from Gnomeo and Juilet missing
-Jokes aren't funny and are dumb
-The plot twist(not saying what it is) is poorly written
-The original song is bland
-The Elton John songs are mostly edm remixes
-Terrible script… Expand

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gamenaturegeek

Apr 6, 2018

This doesn't deserve a review. I watched the first film and it sucked. I watched the first 30 minutes of this one and left the theater immediately. This film shouldn't exist.

0 of 2 users found this helpful02

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