Amidst all the summer blockbusters that's been dominating the multiplexes right now lies Mr. Holmes, a small budgeted British period film reuniting the brilliant Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings and X-Men series) with the director that gave him an Oscar nomination for Gods and Monsters Bill Condon. The result is a refreshing and beautiful take on the iconic Sherlock Holmes that takes a 360 turn from the brash Robert Downey Jr. on the big screen and Benedict Cumberbatch's own interpretation on TV that our generation has known.
In the film based on the obscure novel A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin, the sleuth is now a 93 year old living in the English countryside and suffering from dementia. Living with him are a housekeeper (Laura Linney channeling Lynn Redgrave's Gods and Monsters character) and his young son Roger (Milo Parker) who turned out to be his only trusted friend he can rely on.
Mr. Holmes is set in multiple narratives recalling his trip to Japan, to fully solving his last known case and his relationship with Roger as he helps him with his beekeeping hobby. This is not the whodunit Sherlock that the world has known to love but a reflection and an appreciation to a character far close to retiring in pop culture.
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