Ho-Hum

Rating: 5/10 (25 December 2009)

I'm surprised by all the glowing reviews. I saw the movie on Christmas Day along with six other family members. The two youngest (ages 17 and 20) liked it a lot, but the rest of us weren't as enthusiastic. Many of Robert Downey Jr.'s lines were difficult to understand because he spoke in a soft, low voice without moving his mouth much. Because Sherlock Holmes' deductions are often responsible for connecting the dots in the plot, were were sometimes confused. The film LOOKS great, and I really wanted to like it, because I've always thought Robert Downey Jr. was brilliant, but overall I thought the movie was ho-hum, and so did the rest of my party.