Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Action, Adventure, Mystery
The Kernel take
A 57 Metascore suggests critics found this $90M spectacle broadly serviceable; the $524M worldwide haul indicates audiences were far more enthusiastic about the deduction-and-fisticuffs premise than reviewers were.
Director track record: Guy Ritchie
Sherlock Holmes (57) sits well above Guy Ritchie's own 47.5-point average across 13 scored films — a notable outlier for a director who's made his name in scrappier territory — though it trails his best-reviewed work, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (67).
Lead track record: Robert Downey Jr.
Sherlock Holmes (57) sits below Robert Downey Jr.'s own 60.6-point average across 27 scored films, falling short of the prestige ceiling his filmography has already established — his best-reviewed role remains Richard III (86).
Box office
Budget $90M · Box office $524M