History YMMV / HolmesAndWatson

* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/RalphFiennes as Moriarty is a match made in movie casting heaven. Unfortunately, he was used in a lowbrow parody of ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' as opposed to a more serious adaptation of the works. The fact that he doesn't have much screentime doesn't help.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' has already been parodied to hell and back, so a low-brow, {{narrow|Parody}} and {{redundant|Parody}} parody will not draw in many viewers these days (particularly since [[Film/SherlockHolmes2009 the film it's parodying]] the most came out nearly a decade prior). Not helping matters is the growing disinterest in Creator/WillFerrell's {{typecasting}} as a hyperactive {{manchild}}, or the fact that Creator/JohnCReilly was costarring; they had already starred in two other films together for Sony/Columbia (''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'' and ''Film/StepBrothers''), causing many to dismiss ''Holmes and Watson'' as a blatant attempt to recapture lightning in a bottle.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' has already been parodied to hell and back, so a low-brow, {{narrow|Parody}} and {{redundant|Parody}} parody will not draw in many viewers these days (particularly since [[Film/SherlockHolmes2009 the film it's parodying]] the most came out nearly a decade prior). Not helping matters is the growing disinterest in Creator/WillFerrell's {{typecasting}} as a hyperactive {{manchild}}, or the fact that Creator/JohnCReilly was costarring; they'd already starred in two other films together for Sony/Columbia (''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'' and ''Film/StepBrothers''), causing many to dismiss ''Holmes and Watson'' as a blatant attempt to recapture lightning in a bottle.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) garnered overwhelmingly negative reviews in retaliation, and even managed to score a whopping 10%[[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 was consistently 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 the movie to them (Netflix had done a similar thing with ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox''). There were reports of audiences flat-out walking out of cinemas showing the film before the 30-minute mark had passed, and Creator/SteveCoogan publicly admitting to being ashamed of his involvement in the film. The film went on to win Worst Picture at [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward the Razzie Awards]].

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

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) garnered overwhelmingly negative reviews, even managing to score a whopping 10%[[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 thing with ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox''), there were reports of audiences walking out of cinemas showing the film before the 30-minute mark, and Creator/SteveCoogan publicly admitting to being ashamed of his involvement in the film. The film went on to win Worst Picture at [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward the Razzie Awards]].

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' has already been parodied to hell and back, so a low-brow, {{narrow|Parody}} and {{redundant|Parody}} parody will not draw in many viewers these days (particularly since [[Film/SherlockHolmes2009 the film it's parodying]] came out nearly a decade prior). Not helping matters is the growing disinterest in Creator/WillFerrell's {{typecasting}} as a hyperactive {{manchild}}, or the fact that Creator/JohnCReilly was costarring; they'd already starred in two other films together for Sony/Columbia (''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'' and ''Film/StepBrothers''), causing many to dismiss ''Holmes and Watson'' as a blatant attempt to recapture lightning in a bottle.

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

* {{Anvilicious}}: This movie has some extremely in-your-face jabs at UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump.

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

* {{Anvilicious}}: This movie has some extremely in-your-face jabs at Trump.

* [[Anvilicious]]: This movie has some extremely in-your-face jabs at Trump.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' has already been parodied to hell and back, so a low-brow, {{narrow|Parody}} and {{redundant|Parody}} parody will not draw in many viewers these days (particularly since [[Film/SherlockHolmes2009 the film it's parodying]] came out nearly a decade prior). Not helping matters is the growing disinterest in Creator/WillFerrell's {{typecasting}} as a hyperactive {{manchild}}.

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

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) garnered overwhelmingly negative reviews, even managing to score a whopping 10%[[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 thing with ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox''), there were reports of audiences walking out of cinemas showing the film before the 30-minute mark, and Creator/SteveCoogan publicly admitting to being ashamed of his involvement in the film. The film went on to win Worst Picture at [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward the Razzie Awards]], making it Sony's second Worst Picture win in a row after ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie''.

** The film also gained plenty of attention for the numerous reports of people walking out of the movie before the credits rolled.

* 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 (particularly since [[Film/SherlockHolmes2009 the film it's parodying]] came out nearly a decade prior). 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 (particularly since [[Film/SherlockHolmes2009 the film it's parodying]] came out nearly a decade prior). 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 (particularly since [[Film/SherlockHolmes2009 the film it's parodying]] came out nearly a decade prior). Not helping matters is the growing disinterest in Creator/WillFerrell's {{typecasting}} as a hyperactive {{manchild}}.
* BileFascination: Quite a few people went to see the movie purely after hearing just how ''bad'' it supposedly was. Needless to say, many were not disappointed.
* MemeticMutation:
** "[[EveryoneHasStandards Not even]] Creator/{{Netflix}} wanted it!" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Due to Netflix's refusal to buy the movie off Creator/{{Sony}}, which considering Netflix's infamously lax standards regarding quality says a lot about how bad the movie really is.[[/labelnote]]

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

* 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}}.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) garnered overwhelmingly negative reviews, even managing 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 thing with ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox''), there were reports of audiences walking out of cinemas showing the film before the 30-minute mark, and Creator/SteveCoogan publicly admitting to being ashamed of his involvement in the film. The film went on to win Worst Picture at [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward the Razzie Awards]], making it Sony's second Worst Picture win in a row after ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie''.

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

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) garnered overwhelmingly negative reviews, even managing 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 thing with ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox''), and there have been reports of audiences walking out of cinemas showing the film before the 30-minute mark. The film went on to win Worst Picture at [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward the Razzie Awards]], making it Sony's second Worst Picture win in a row after ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie''.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) garnered overwhelmingly negative reviews, even managing 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 thing with ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox''), and there have been reports of audiences walking out of cinemas showing the film before the 30-minute mark. The film went on to win Worst Picture at [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAwards the Razzie Awards]], making it Sony's second Worst Picture win in a row after ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie''.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) garnered overwhelmingly negative reviews, even managing 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 thing with ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox''), and there have been reports of audiences walking out of cinemas showing the film before the 30-minute mark. The film went on to win Worst Picture at the Razzie Awards, making it Sony's second Worst Picture win in a row after ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie''.

** "[[EveryoneHasStandards 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]]

* 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 works.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) garnered overwhelmingly negative reviews, even managing 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 thing with ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox''), and there have been reports of audiences walking out of cinemas showing the film before the 30-minute mark. The film went on to win Worst Picture at the Razzie Awards.

* SnarkBait: The film was NotScreenedForCritics and (predictably when this happens) garnered overwhelmingly negative reviews, even managing 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 thing 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 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 thing with ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox''), and there have been reports of audiences walking out of cinemas showing the film before the 30-minute mark.