Ian McKellen’s MR. HOLMES Investigates His Final Case In New Trailer

Opening in US theatres on July 17, here’s a look at the new trailer for MR. HOLMES.

In his Berlinale 2015 review, Alex Billington (First Showing.net) writes Ian McKellen, “is absolutely magnificent in this film, taking on the role with complete authority and differentiating himself (from anything he has done before) with minor quirks and physical mannerisms. He does give us a Sherlock Holmes that we have never seen before, both likable and unlikable, but still traditional and nevertheless wise. Through his charm, and the impressively conceived narrative built around emotion, this film left a strong impression on me that will likely last for a long time.”

McKellen leads a stellar cast including Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan, Patrick Kennedy, Roger Allam, Frances de la Tour, Phil Davis and newcomer Milo Parker in Bill Condon’s MR HOLMES. The film reunites McKellen with director Bill Condon after their collaboration on the Academy Award-winning GODS AND MONSTERS.

MR. HOLMES is a new twist on the world’s most famous detective. 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare.

Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement, and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love – before it’s too late.

For Condon, the different creative elements of the film – from the acting to the design, from the locations to the music – successfully combine and merge to bring life to the story’s complex narrative themes. “MR HOLMES is such an intriguing premise,” he says.

“Who is Sherlock Holmes if he no longer has that amazing mental acuity? And who are any of us without the qualities that define us as we enter the last stage of life? It’s a complicated and delicate movie and with Ian McKellen as the centre, it’s a study of the last stage of life – how even despite diminishing powers of the mind, important things come into focus and, if a person is given a way to overcome limitations, they can do something new with their lives.”

MR. HOLMES will open in theaters July 17, 2015.

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