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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 24 Dec 2009

didn't entirely click for me, yet there is something to be said for the fact that I'm not dreading the inevitable sequel…

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By John P. Mccarthy (315) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 24 Dec 2009

The modern irony coursing through 'Sherlock Holmes' meshes well with its charms as an old-fashioned, Saturday afternoon serial…

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By Justin Strout (143) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 24 Dec 2009

A yarn that at times feels like a throwback to the mega-actioners of the '80s, when leads could get away with being incorrigible cards as long…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 23 Dec 2009

This is not your great grandfather's Sherlock Holmes…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 23 Dec 2009

[N]erdy enough to be respectful to the beloved source material but geeky enough to express its affection the only way geeks know how: with…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for IFC.com (108) on 23 Dec 2009

For all the film's wit and zing, there's no momentum -- we get a series of stirring, entertaining scenes, but they never add up to a complete…

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By Jim Vejvoda (203) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 23 Dec 2009

Ritchie's new school take on an old school icon is respectful without being overly reverential, loud and fun without becoming dumb and hollow,…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for OK! Magazine (124) on 23 Dec 2009

Full of new revelations about the old British sleuth whose exploits were based on the great Encyclopedia Brown…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 23 Dec 2009

Watching [the] tough, sarcastic Holmes chase the many carrots the film dangles for him is the chief pleasure in this crafty tangle of little…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 23 Dec 2009

Holmes is primarily about a very small handful of things: men's fashions, Victorian clutter, fistfights and explosions, and period detail,…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 23 Dec 2009

Like other Ritchie movies, it's violence with an impish sense of humor, and he may have found the perfect imp in Downey Jr…

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By J. Hoberman (756) for Village Voice (8,525) on 23 Dec 2009

As over-emphatic as one might expect from the ham-fisted Guy Ritchie, this resurrection of the world's most famous detective is a dank, noisy affair…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 23 Dec 2009

It's hard to get too bent out of shape about Sherlock Holmes, partly because the actors seem to take so much pleasure in the act of giving…

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By Rebecca Murray (740) for About.com (1,470) on 23 Dec 2009

This new take on the classic story proves to be a snappy, fast-paced, albeit confusing, action comedy that's smarter than the average fare…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 23 Dec 2009

The movie as a whole is clever, and conspicuously overwrought. But Mr…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 23 Dec 2009

Despite being overlong and losing much of its steam halfway through, the film comes out ahead thanks to Downey and Law…

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By Giles Hardie (120) for smh.com.au (27) on 23 Dec 2009

This Sherlock Holmes combines dark arts and action, wit and tongue-in-cheek mirth, to feel like a great film adaptation of a comic book version…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 23 Dec 2009

The whole film doesn't feel so much like Holmes as a strange and unwanted sequel to Will Smith's Wild Wild West…

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By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 23 Dec 2009

Ritchie's accomplished the feat of resurrecting his career as a pulp stylist (London's Tarantino--you could be called worse)…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 23 Dec 2009

Sherlock Holmes is an odd amalgam, a top-heavy light entertainment that keeps throwing things at you and doesn't seem too concerned with whether…

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