‘Holmes & Watson’ Review: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and the Dull Routine of Bromance
In Arthur Conan Doyle’s original telling, Sherlock Holmes indulged in morphine and cocaine because the drugs offered him a break from “the dull routine of existence.” His mind, Dr. Watson recalls him saying in “The Sign of Four” (1890), rebelled at “stagnation.” Problems, work and cryptograms: Their inspiration would permit him to dispense with “artificial stimulants.” More laughs are all that would have been necessary to prevent the stagnation of “Holmes […]







