Somethings not right

Rating: 6/10 (19 August 2015)

This is NOT a well made film. Number one - the dialogue is stilted. Number two the actors are wooden. The glowing reviews must have been posted by relatives and close friends of the actors because there is no way this rates 8.1. Add to that, the editing is sloppy, with quick breaks to flashbacks and even quicker breaks returning to the central story. All this with a lack of continuity of the four segments, present 1951, childhood at school, prewar, wartime, then no resolution to any of these parts. Then as to the ending - was there a reason for the assumed reconciliation? Benedict must be replaying Sherlock in this role, using the same facial expressions and quizzical looks. I watched intently to the bitter end and wondered why had I done so?