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Overall Rank: 7721
Average Rating: 2.6/4
# of Ratings: 16
Theatrical Release Date: 10/21/1988
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Thom Eberhardt
Actors: Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony, Paul Freeman, Matthew Sim
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Indyfreak - wrote on 06/12/2020
This revisionist take on the Sherlock Holmes has a funny premise but isn’t very good as a comedy. Suppose if Doctor Watson was the real brains behind the duo, and Holmes was just a ham actor playing a phony genius? It’s a good idea, but the plot is not as wacky or creative as it should be. Both Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley are okay for their roles. Paul Freeman (Raiders of the Lost Ark) is great casting as Professor Moriarty but he’s underused. The central plot relies on the viewer’s concern about counterfeit money which is not an exciting mystery. It’s too bad that is all they went with. The premise is still good, but needs better execution and a far more interesting story.
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"Without A Clue" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 01/09/2012
Without a Clue is an amusing parody of the Sherlock Holmes stories in which the true genius is Ben Kingsley's Dr. Watson, Holmes being a womanising drunken actor hired to play the part. There's little here that hasn't been done before as Conan Doyle's stories have been pillaged for material ever since they were written, but the comic chemistry between the two talented leads works brilliantly. Michael Caine's clearly loving every minute of it and in combination with Kingsley's ever more disdainful and exasperated Watson, they make a great comic partnership. The plot is minimal, feeling like an upmarket Carry On story or the English cousin of Clouseau, but it's all done with such infectious, knockabout charm it rarely fails to raise a smile. Hardly a world changer, but a pleasant diversion …
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