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Mr. Holmes
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2277
- IMDb #2676
- Google retired #1939
- Rotten Tomatoes #1723
- Metacritic #1594
- Letterboxd #2822
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1227
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2585
- Metacritic Critics #1731
- Metacritic Audience #1384
- Criticker #1767
- Kinopoisk #3763
- AlloCiné #2430
- Trakt #2994
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Lowest is Criticker on 49, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 88.
See the most agreed on films →A renowned detective, now 93 years old and retired, lives in seclusion with his housekeeper and her young son. His brilliant mind is fading, plagued by a failing memory. He struggles to recall the details of his final, unsolved case, the truth of which he knows he has deliberately obscured. He grapples with the gaps in his memory to piece together a definitive account before it is lost forever.
Details
- Director
- Bill Condon
- Writer
- Jeffrey Hatcher
- Based on
- A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin
- Released
- 19 June 2015
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Japanese, French
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $11.0M
- Box office
- $29.4M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 8 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| British Independent Film Awards 2015 | Most Promising Newcomer | Milo Parker | Nominee |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards 2015 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards 2015 | Best Supporting Actress | Laura Linney | Nominee |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards 2015 | Best Actor | Ian McKellen | Nominee |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle 2015 | Best Actor | Ian McKellen | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2015 | Best Thriller Film | Nominee | |
| Saturn Awards 2015 | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Milo Parker | Nominee |
| Sydney Film Festival 2015 | Audience Award | Bill Condon | Nominee |
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8 awards — Mr. Holmes
×| Best Actor | Ian McKellen | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Laura Linney | Nominee |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Milo Parker | Nominee |
| Best Thriller Film | Nominee |
| Most Promising Newcomer | Milo Parker | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Ian McKellen | Nominee |
| Audience Award | Bill Condon | Nominee |