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Mr. Holmes

Movie · 2015 · 104 min

A quiet, bittersweet study of an old mind losing its grip, warmed by an unlikely friendship and shadowed by regret.

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2015 film directed by Bill Condon
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Movie
Year
2015
Runtime
104 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • aging
  • grief
  • isolation
  • parenthood
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, crime, mystery
Directed by
Bill Condon
Written by
Jeffrey Hatcher
Starring
Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Frances de la Tour, Hermione Corfield, Roger Allam, Hattie Morahan, John Sessions
Music
Carter Burwell
Cinematography
Tobias A. Schliessler
Runtime
104 min
Country
United States, France, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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