Sherlock Holmes

in director guy ritchie's sherlock holmes, the inestimable detective and his friend and professional partner have become the lead characters in an 1800's buddy cop film, a la lethal weapon and rush hour. as strange as it is to say, that works quite well for the majority of the movie, thanks to the profound chemistry between robert downey, jr. and jude law. the two make a wonderful holmes and watson, even if the detective is a bit too quirky at times and the supporting cast is very good with the unfortunate exception of rachel mcadams as a somewhat bland irene adler. ritchie lets his read more