History YMMV / MrHolmes

* AwardSnub: Creator/IanMcKellen's performance got rave review from critics yet he's been left out in most of the major award ceremonies. Perhaps because the film premiered in the summer outside the "OscarBait" season of winter releases.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Unlike most recent adaptations, [=McKellen=]'s Holmes is kinder, more human and more patient. The old insensitivity is still present, though, and some of his attitude is suggested to be CharacterDevelopment; Holmes explains that, rather than having no emotions or social skills, he simply ignored those impulses in favour of a purely logical approach.
* AwardSnub: [=McKellen=]'s performance got rave review from critics yet he's been left out in most of the major award ceremonies. Perhaps because the film premiered in the summer outside the "OscarBait" season of winter releases.

* RealitySubtext: Holmes dismisses his iconic deerstalker hat as an embellishment of the illustrator. This is true of the actual stories - Holmes didn't regularly wear a deerstalker in the stories because it was country attire and he only rarely ventured into the country. However, popular illustrations of these rural moments influenced public perception on how Holmes always dressed.

* GeniusBonus: Holmes dismisses his iconic deerstalker hat as an embellishment of the illustrator. This is true of the actual stories. Holmes didn't regularly wear a deerstalker in the stories because it was country attire and he only rarely ventured into the country. However, popular illustrations of these rural moments influenced public perception on how Holmes always dressed.

* CastingGag:
** At one point, Holmes goes to see a movie based on the main case of the film, in the style of the old Creator/BasilRathbone films made by 20th Century Fox. The on-screen Sherlock is played by Nicholas Rowe, who played the character in ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes''.
** When a police detective visits near the end of the film it is Phil Davies, who played the antagonist in the first episode of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''.

** At one point, Holmes goes to see a movie based on his adventures in the style of the old Creator/BasilRathbone films made by 20th Century Fox. The on-screen Sherlock is played by Nicholas Rowe, who played the character in ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes''.

* ShoutOut: After leaving the music teacher, Ann Kelmot stops at a shop clearly labeled "Ambrose Chappell, Taxedermy". Apparently, somebody on the set crew liked ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooMuch''.

** At one point, Holmes goes to see a movie based on his adventures in the style of the old Basil Rathbone films made by 20th Century Fox. The on-screen Sherlock is played by Nicholas Rowe, who played the character in ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes''.

* ShoutOut: After leaving the music teacher, Ann Kelmot stops at a shop clearly labeled "Ambrose Chappell, Taxedermy". Apparently, somebody on the set crew liked ''TheManWhoKnewTooMuch''.

* AwardSnub: [=McKellen=]'s performance got rave review from critics yet he was nominated for neither a SAG award or a Golden Globe. Perhaps because the film premiered in the summer outside the "OscarBait" season of winter releases.

* AwardSub: [=McKellen=]'s performance got rave review from critics yet he was nominated for neither a SAG award or a Golden Globe. Perhaps because the film premiered in the summer outside the "OscarBait" season of winter releases.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Unlike most recent adaptations, [=McKellen=]'s Holmes is kinder, more human and more patient. The old insensitivity is still present, though, and some of his attitude is suggested to be CharacterDevelopment.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: unlike most recent adaptations, [=McKellen=]'s Holmes is kinder, more human and more patient. The old insensitivity is still present, though, and some of his attitude is suggested to be CharacterDevelopment.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: unlike most recent adaptations, McKellen's Holmes is kinder, more human and more patient. The old insensitivity is still present, though, and some of his attitude is suggested to be CharacterDevelopment.