Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (12A)

One of the best films I have ever seen. An exciting 2 hours.

Totally disagree with timeout rating this was a clever, well-executed film with excellent comic timing and a storyline. The Downey Junior and Law coupling is charming and perfect. At least as good as the first which was excellent

i cant believe this got such a low rating! i went and saw it trwice. I thought the chemistry between holmes and watson was totally upped from the first and as always love robert and judes versions of the characters. To compare it to bbcs sherlock i find really long leap though, to me they are completely different and both amazingly addictive in their own rights. so basically go see it on the big screen while you still can! 10/10

I enjoyed the first Sherlock Holmes movie but found the sequel to be charmless, long-winded and boring. Noomi Rapace wandered around like she was on the wrong set. On the other hand, my wife enjoyed the film, though she too thought it way too long.

I found myself resting my eyes during many of the action scenes which says a lot, because it usually takes quite a bit for me to close my eyes when Jude is on the screen, but there were simply far too many and most of them seemed unneccessary. Noomi Rapace's character is really one-dimensional and boring and doesn't add anything to the story. Stephen Fry is great though. Love the dialogue and the originality of the two main characters which sadly took second place to the action in this sequel, but on the good side the plot was slightly less silly than in the first one.

Totally disagree with your film critic. This was a brilliant film even better than the first. As usual if an official film critic says the film is rubbish then I know it's going to be great cos they don't have a clue!

Feel-good, cinematic fun - if you were expecting the BBC series, then one can see why you might be disappointed (or perhaps delusioned?); yet, Ritchie's film is fun banter with great shots. I'm a massive fan of the BBC1 series too, but am glad to see the film interpretation's lighter. action-packed, approach.

About three moments I thought were good , including "The End" ? The rest was gratuitously violent, not brilliantly acted, a bit of a boring story, loads of sexism and didnt have any of the cleverness of "real " Sherlock Holmes. If I were a cynic I could say they use the names to increase takings but it has nothing to do with the original.

It's all a bit of a bish bosh mish mash kind of film. Amusing here and there but not a very good movie. I

I totally disagree with this sniffy TO review - if you're looking for a hugely entertaining movie to cure the January blues, one which will thrill, amuse and make you laugh, then go and see this. Yes it's not going to triumph at Cannes, but it's acted with great gusto and commitment, technically superb, excitingly directed and for all the criticism of the plot, the globetrotting adventure story is engaging and works. The CGI and the detailed evocation of late Victorian London and Europe is extremely impressive and completely immerses you in another world - a feat which the TO review ignores - and the gentlemen face-offs between Holmes and Moriarty (an intriguing, well-cast baddie) are compelling. The bromance between Holmes and Watson is camped up and good fun and it's the friendship between the two which gives the film its heart. I enjoyed the first SH reboot, but this sequel is more ambitious and in many ways the better for it.