The Thoughtful Mr. Holmes Presents the Great Detective in a New Light
Reframing familiar literary characters is not a new idea; think The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Once Upon a Time, even Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. But Bill Condon’s Mr. Holmes, which stars Ian McKellen as an aging Sherlock, offers an unusually thoughtful take on the concept. Based on Mitch Cullin’s novel A Slight Trick of…