What age rating is Mr. Holmes?

In Spain, Mr. Holmes is not recommended for children under 7 years old.

When does Mr. Holmes come out in Spain?

Mr. Holmes hits Spanish theaters on July 17, 2015.

How much did Mr. Holmes gross?

Mr. Holmes grossed $29.4M worldwide on a budget of $11.0M.

What is Mr. Holmes based on?

Mr. Holmes is based on A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin.

Where was Mr. Holmes filmed?

Mr. Holmes was filmed in England.

Mr. Holmes

Name: Mr. Holmes
Director: Bill Condon
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Released: 2015-06-19
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Roger Allam

2015

Become a fan of its genres:

6.5/10

Release Date

19/06/2015

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes

88%

🎬 Internet Movie Database

68%

Ⓜ️ Metacritic

67%

The man beyond the myth.

Year 1947. Sherlock Holmes, now 93 years old, has long since retired from detective work and lives in a country house in Sussex, in a remote village in the English countryside. He is looked after by Mrs. Munro, his housekeeper, and Roger, her young son. Holmes begins to lose his memory, and each day it becomes harder for him to recall the details of his life. He wants to put his last case, that of the Lady in Grey, down on paper, because he disagrees with the version published by Watson, whom he considers unfaithful to the truth. To do so, he relies on Roger while fighting his senility and the memories that slip away from him. Bill Condon directs, and Holmes is played by Ian McKellen.

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Facts about Mr. Holmes

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone

Age ratingNot recommended for viewers under 7 years old

Spain releaseJuly 17, 2015

Worldwide premiereJune 19, 2015

Runtime1 h 44 min

Original languageEnglish

CountriesUnited Kingdom, United States

Production companiesFilmNation Entertainment, BBC Film, See-Saw Films

Budget$11.0M

Worldwide box office$29.4M

Return on investmentx2.7 Box office hit

Based onA Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin

Trailer views45K

More ratings

3.3/5Letterboxd69/100Trakt7.4/10Metacritic (público)2.5/4Roger Ebert

Mr. Holmes Cast

Ian McKellenSherlock Holmes

Laura LinneyMrs. Munro

Milo ParkerRoger

Hiroyuki SanadaTamiki Umezaki

Roger AllamDr. Barrie

Frances de la TourMadame Schirmer

Hattie MorahanAnn Kelmot

Phil DavisInspector Gilbert

Patrick KennedyThomas Kelmot

John SessionsMycroft Holmes

Frances BarberMatinee "Madame Schirmer"

Charles MaddoxOswald

Takako AkashiMaya Umezaki

Zak ShukorMasuo Umezaki

Michael CulkinBank Manager

David FoxxeChemist

Oliver DevotiTicket Agent

Mike BurnsideAnn's Solicitor

Nicholas RoweMatinee "Sherlock Holmes"

Sam CoulsonMatinee "Thomas Kelmot"

Hermione CorfieldMatinee "Ann Kelmot"

Kit ConnorBoy

Zoe RaineyBoy's Mother

Eileen DaviesLady on Platform

Colin StarkeyDr. John Watson

Sarah CrowdenMrs. Hudson

Elizabeth Jane CassidyWaitress (uncredited)

John CarrPatron in Cinema (uncredited)

Johnny OttoArmy Officer (uncredited)

Paul BlackwellStation Passenger

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Cast of Mr. Holmes by the numbers

52average cast age in years

25years of age gap between the leads

37%women in the cast

28%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Milo Parker, age 12 at release. The oldest: Ian McKellen, at 76.

Cast ages at release

Ian McKellen76 years old
Laura Linney51 years old
Milo Parker12 years old
Hiroyuki Sanada54 years old
Roger Allam61 years old
Frances de la Tour70 years old
Hattie Morahan36 years old
Phil Davis61 years old
Patrick Kennedy37 years old
John Sessions62 years old

Cast heights

1.80 mIan McKellen
1.78 mPatrick Kennedy
1.70 mLaura Linney
1.70 mHiroyuki Sanada
1.64 mFrances Barber

Cast nationalities

United Kingdom 5United States 1Japan 1

Crew

AddressBill Condon
WritingJeffrey Hatcher
Original novelMitch Cullin
MusicCarter Burwell
PhotographyTobias A. Schliessler
EditingVirginia Katz
Production designMartin Childs
Costume designKeith Madden
CastingLucy Bevan, Ko Iwagami
Visual effectsSean Farrow, John Bair
ProductionEmile Sherman, Anne Carey, Iain Canning

Trivia about Mr. Holmes

Nicholas Rowe, who played Holmes in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), has a cameo in the film. He appears in a sequence that parodies the Sherlock Holmes movies starring Basil Rathbone.

To recreate the streets of Japan, the crew shot at The Historic Dockyard Chatham, a former shipyard that stood in for a Japanese setting.

The estate of Arthur Conan Doyle sued the film's creators on May 21, 2015 for unauthorized copying of protected stories. The parties reached an out-of-court settlement before the U.S. release.

On an estimated budget of $10 million, the film grossed a total of $29.4 million worldwide.

Ian McKellen took a beekeeping course with The London Honey Company before filming and didn't get stung once during the shoot.

Bill Condon chose Milo Parker, then a newcomer to film, to play Roger after searching for an actor who could hold his own in scenes opposite Ian McKellen and Laura Linney.

The makeup created by Dave and Lou Elsey made Ian McKellen look about twenty years older, a design meant to hold up in intense close-ups of the character.

The film had its world premiere at the 2015 Berlinale, as part of the Berlin International Film Festival lineup.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)