History YMMV / HolmesAndWatson

** "Not even Creator/{{Netflix}} wanted it!" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Due to Netflix's refusal to buy the movie off Sony, which considering Netflix's infamously lax standards regarding quality says a lot about how bad the movie really is.[[/labelnote]]

** Due to the film being released near the very end of 2018, many joke that critics are filled with regret that they already made their worst films of the year lists before seeing it.

* MemeticMutation: "Not even Creator/{{Netflix}} wanted it!" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Due to Netflix's refusal to buy the movie off Sony, which considering Netflix's infamously lax standards regarding quality says a lot about how bad the movie really is.[[/labelnote]]

* BileFascination: Quite a few people went to the movie purely after hearing just how ''bad'' it supposedly was. Needless to say, many were not disappointing.
* MemeticMutation: "Not even Creator/{{Netflix}} wanted it!" [[labelnote: Explanation]] Due to Netflix's refusal to buy the movie off Sony, which considering Netflix's infamously lax standards regarding quality says a lot about how bad the movie really is.[[labelnote/]]

%%* MemeticMutation: "Not even Creator/{{Netflix}} wanted it!"

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' has already been parodied to hell and back, so a low-brow [[NarrowParody narrow]] and {{redundant|parody}} parody will not draw in many viewers these days. Not helping matters is the growing disinterest in Creator/WillFerrell's {{typecasting}} as a hyperactive manchild.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' has already been parodied to hell and back, so a low-brow [[NarrowParody narrow]] and {{redundant|parody}} parody will not draw in many viewers these days. Not helping matters is the growing disinterest in Creator/WillFerrell's TypeCasting as a hyperactive manchild.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' has already been parodied to hell and back, so a low-brow [[NarrowowParody narrow]] and {{redundant|parody}} parody will not draw in many viewers these days. Not helping matters is the growing disinterest in Creator/WillFerrell's TypeCasting as a hyperactive manchild.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' has already been parodied to hell and back, so a low-brow [[NarrowParody Narrow And]] RedundantParody will not draw in many viewers these days. Not helping matters is the growing disinterest in Creator/WillFerrell's TypeCasting as a hyperactive manchild.

* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/RalphFiennes as Moriarty is a match made in movie casting heaven. Unfortunately, he was used in a lowbrow Sherlock Holmes parody as opposed to a more serious adaptation of the work.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) managed to score a whopping 9%[[note]]it was initially at '''[[MedalOfDishonor 0%]]'''[[/note]] on Website/RottenTomatoes, among the worst scores of 2018. The critical consensus reads, "The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of the adventures of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson than does ''Holmes and Watson''", and the audience score has consistently been well below 30%. To add insult to injury, it was reported that Creator/{{Netflix}} opted out on adding it to their catalogue when Sony offered it to them (Netflix had done a similar deal with ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox''), and there have been reports of audiences walking out of cinemas showing the film before the 30-minute mark.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: More like; They Wasted Perfectly Good Casting. Creator/RalphFiennes as Moriarty is a match made in movie casting Heaven, but he was unfortunately used in a lowbrow Sherlock Holmes parody as opposed to a more serious adaptation of the work.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) managed to score a whopping 8%[[note]]it was initially at '''[[MedalOfDishonor 0%]]'''[[/note]] on Website/RottenTomatoes, among the worst scores of 2018. The critical consensus reads, "The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of the adventures of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson than does ''Holmes and Watson''", and the audience score has consistently been well below 30%. To add insult to injury, it was reported that Creator/{{Netflix}} opted out on adding it to their catalogue when Sony offered it to them (Netflix had done a similar deal with ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox''), and there have been reports of audiences walking out of cinemas showing the film before the 30-minute mark.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) managed to score a whopping 8% on Website/RottenTomatoes, among the worst scores of 2018. The critical consensus reads, "The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of the adventures of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson than does ''Holmes and Watson''", and the audience score has consistently been well below 30%. To add insult to injury, it was reported that Creator/{{Netflix}} opted out on adding it to their catalogue when Sony offered it to them (Netflix had done a similar deal with ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox''), and there have been reports of audiences walking out of cinemas showing the film before the 30-minute mark.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) managed to score a whopping 8% on Website/RottenTomatoes, among the worst scores of 2018. The critical consensus reads, "The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of the adventures of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson than does ''Holmes and Watson''", and the audience score has consistently been well below 30%. To add insult to injury, it was reported that Creator/{{Netflix}} opted out on adding it to their catalogue when Sony offered it to them (Netflix had done a similar deal with ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox'').

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) managed to score a whopping 8% on Website/RottenTomatoes, among the worst scores of 2018. The critical consensus reads, "The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson than does ''Holmes and Watson''", and the audience score has consistently been well below 30%. To add insult to injury, it was reported that Creator/{{Netflix}} opted out on adding it to their catalogue.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and managed to score a whopping 8% on Website/RottenTomatoes, among the worst scores of 2018. The critical consensus reads, "The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson than does ''Holmes and Watson''", and the audience score has consistently been well below 30%. To add insult to injury, it was reported that Creator/{{Netflix}} opted out on adding it to their catalogue.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and managed to score a whopping 8% on Website/RottenTomatoes, among the worst scores of 2018. The critical consensus reads, "The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson than does ''Holmes and Watson''". The audience score has consistently been well below 30%, and to add insult to injury, it was reported that Creator/{{Netflix}} opted out on adding it to their catalogue.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and managed to score a whopping 9% on Website/RottenTomatoes, among the worst scores of 2018. The critical consensus reads, "The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson than does ''Holmes and Watson''". The audience score has consistently been well below 30%, and to add insult to injury, it was reported that Creator/{{Netflix}} opted out on adding it to their catalogue.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and managed to score a whopping 9% on Website/RottenTomatoes, among the worst scores of 2018. The critical consensus reads, "The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson than does ''Holmes and Watson''". The audience score has consistently been well below 30%, and it was reported that Creator/{{Netflix}} opted out on adding it to their catalogue.

* SnarkBait: The film managed to score a whopping 9% on Website/RottenTomatoes, among the worst scores of 2018. The critical consensus reads, "The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson than does ''Holmes and Watson''". The audience score has consistently been well below 30%, and it was reported that Creator/{{Netflix}} opted out on adding it to their catalogue.

* SnarkBait: The film managed to score a whopping 9% on Website/RottenTomatoes, among the worst scores of 2018. The critical consensus reads, "The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson than does ''Holmes and Watson''". The audience score has consistently been well below 30%, and it was reported that Creator/{{Netflix}} opted out on on adding it to their catalogue.

* SnarkBait: The film managed to score a whopping 9% on Website/RottenTomatoes. The critical consensus reads, "The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson than does ''Holmes and Watson''". The audience score has consistently been well below 30%, and it was reported that Creator/{{Netflix}} opted out on on adding it to their catalogue.