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Without a Clue (1988)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 6/12

6/12: Although Without a Clue contains a clever twist, it's a poorly made dud that's a notch better than the disaster with Dudley Moore and Peter Cook.

Laughs are here and there, but they're far in between. After maybe forty-five minutes, it goes downhill, never recovering.

It's hard to see Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, respectively. I hate the casting of the latter because he looks wrong for the part. I've read all of the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, but nearly nothing of Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley matches the typical bearing and deportment of the two famed characters. Their dialogue isn't up to standard, either.

All in all, it looks like there's no such thing as a good Sherlock Holmes picture.

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