The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

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Director Billy Wilder uses incidents from his own life in exploring the mystery of Sherlock Holmes's sexual preference and past romances. Holmes (Robert Stephens) shoots cocaine to combat the boredom that plagues him between cases. But his ennui evaporates when he attends a Russian ballet performance where the prima ballerina asks Holmes to become the father of her child. The film portrays Holmes as a very complicated and flawed individual.
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Netflix Rating: 3.3
Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics: It is in large part old-fashioned, in that it's mile-wide and ancient-history Sherlock Holmes, but it's also handsomely produced and directed with incisiveness by Wilder. full review

Variety Staff, Variety

Wilder's second most underrated masterpiece. full review

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

Before the movie is 20 minutes old, Wilder has settled for simply telling a Sherlock Holmes adventure. full review

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is comparatively mild Billy Wilder and rather daring Sherlock Holmes, not a perfect mix, perhaps, but a fond and entertaining one. full review

Vincent Canby, New York Times

Affectionately conceived, chock-full of marvelous subtleties, this meticulously constructed adventure-romance shouldn't be missed. full review

Don Druker, Chicago Reader

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