It’s not a good start for the detective comedy Holmes and Watson. Actually, it’s horrible.
It seemed like a cocktail for a funny movie. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are an iconic duo both starring together in comedy classics including Step Brothers and Talladega Nights. But their rendition of Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. John Watson has completely flopped.
The movie, released on Christmas, has a 4 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and tons of scathing reviews.
If you can believe it, the movie’s score has gone up. Wednesday it sat at a 0 percent rating.
“The only compelling mystery about ‘Holmes & Watson’ is how so many funny people have been squeezed into such an unfunny movie, a movie that isn’t nearly smart enough to recognize how stupid it should have been,” David Ehrlich from indieWire wrote.
Dana Schwartz from Entertainment Weekly gave the movie a D+, adding, “If you choose to watch this movie, you’ll be treated to an hour and a half of different versions of the same gag.”
Twitter hates it, too.
Holmes and Watson was so freaking bad😂
— PRESTON (@PrestonAtDisney) December 27, 2018
I can’t even put into words how bad Holmes and Watson is. Literally worst movie I’ve ever seen
— Kevin the Alien (@kvnpryor) December 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/JakeArmistead/status/1078088649940570114
Nieces and nephew lugged us all to see the movie “Holmes and Watson.” Wow. Soooooo bad. Not a single laugh. Terrible. Really. Really. Really.
— Mark (@2084_the_app) December 26, 2018
How I felt after wasting 1.5 hours of my life on @HolmesAndWatson. pic.twitter.com/C0ioBBNhNZ
— Jonathan Berk (@berkie1) December 26, 2018
Holmes and Watson
— Bradley Clarke (@Bradley__Clarke) December 27, 2018
Can’t describe to you how bad it was
Some even reportedly walked out of the theater.
when a movie is so horrible you and half the theater walk out.. 🙄 hey @RegalMovies, can I get a refund? 😩#HolmesAndWatson #Holmies
— Stephanie (@fefisita) December 26, 2018
What happened Will Ferrell?!?! First movie I have walked out of in many many years! Holmes and Watson is terrible!!! Please save yourself and do not go!! #worstmovieever… https://t.co/bjxiiCkWzI
— rhonda adams (@zuzu_adams) December 27, 2018
Out of countless movies these past 20 years – I have never walked out of a movie theater until today. Holmes and Watson is by far the biggest disappointment of 2018
— Alexander Lakatos (@Alakatos44) December 26, 2018
Just walked out after 10 minutes of Holmes and Watson. #CrapSandwich
— wut? (@mumblsnhissleep) December 26, 2018
The movie opened well behind Aquaman, Bumblebee, and Mary Poppins Returns. It’s projected to earn $6.4 million at the box office this week, according to Box Office Mojo. Yet the word of mouth is so bad here that, admit it, you’re curious to see for yourself if it’s, as one Twitter user called it, a “#CrapSandwich.”
