Overview
Genre :
Adventure, Drama, ComedyRelease Date :
December 16, 2011MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Guy RitchieStarring :
Robert Downey Jr., Rachel McAdams, Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Stephen Fry, Jared Harris, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Gilles Lellouche, Geraldine James, William Houston
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
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“..virtually every set-up and set-piece in this extravagantly tedious adventure is misleading, or worse, irrelevant..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
“..turns out good movie chemistry is something much more ... elementary..”
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]
“..this sequel more tolerable than Sherlock Holmes (2009)..”
by J. R. Jones [Chicago Reader]
“..this one reduces the irritants while maintaining a high enjoyability quotient..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
“..there is a plot, but no real intrigue, mystery or suspense, and no inkling of anything at stake beyond a childish and belligerent idea of fun..”
by A.O. Scott [New York Times]
“..the Holmes deduction that follows can be as convoluted or elementary as necessary to move the story along..”
by Andrew Lapin [NPR]
“..the bedlam extends to the screenplay, which hangs carefully worked-out jokes on a gobbledygook plot..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune]
“..simultaneously brash and dull - hardly a combustible combination..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
Review rate : B-
“..part of the movie's perversely cheeky design is that it throws away its own cleverness..”
“..part of the movie's perversely cheeky design is that it throws away its own cleverness..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
“..occasionally thrilling, sometimes hilarious and mostly absolute claptrap..”
by Andrew O'Hehir [Salon.com]
“..new Holmes adventures must pursue a larger bounty than previous incarnations of the character..”
by Brian Lowry [Variety]
“..lackluster screenwriting and the absence of actorly communion are breezed past with monotonous banter..”
by Nick Pinkerton [Village Voice]
“..it's an enjoyably demented meta-finale..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
“..certainly Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's creations have suffered permanent damage thanks to Ritchie's films..”
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
“..aside from the screenwriters, the same core team from the first outing has been reassembled, making for an absolutely consistent look, sound and feel to the proceedings..”
by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter]
“..as big, loud moviemaking goes it's not quite as devoid of charm as it could have been..”
by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies]
