The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
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Actor: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty FeldmanBrand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-04
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
DVD Review: Greatest Gene Wilder film ever
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very unsung and little known gem of Gene Wilders career. If you've never seen it, I recommend getting your copy now.DVD Review: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a huge Wilder, Kahn and Feldman fan so with that said.
I enjoyed the movie very much.Wilder in his first directorial
debut,did a fine job.The cast was VERY solid, great actors all
of them (well most, listen to Wilder's comments to get the inside
dirt on a particular actor who was being a jerk).The movie is not
perfect by any means, the pacing gets a bit bogged down in the middle.
And I am not a huge fan of speeding up the camera for comedic effect,
but all in all a very solid effort.One more thing, this is an awesome
vehicle for Ms.Kahn, Gene Wilder saw,and captured her amazing versatility.
DVD Review: Disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars
For me this movie just never "clicked," despite some great talent (Feldman, Kahn, Wilder, etc.) and some good gags. The plot just didn't come together, to my great disappointment. Perhaps it's just that my expectations were high because of the previous films I'd seen the cast in.DVD Review: Terrible
Summary: 1 Stars
1974 saw the premiere of the classic Young Frankenstein, with Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder, and Madeline Kahn. In 1975 these legends were assembled for another film - how could they lose ? One Word: Mel Brooks.
Although Mel Brooks expertly directed Young Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother was Gene Wilder's first attempt at directing. After this turkey he's fortunate he was given another chance.
Can't call it uneven - this miss is slow, boring, predictable, and unfunny from start to finish.
Don't bother - what a waste of talent.
DVD Review: Not a Wilder fan
Summary: 1 Stars
Fans of Mr. Wilder seem to like this movie, and if you like loud comedy you probably will like this one as well. As a fan of Sherlock Holmes, I did not. Holmes is a rare hero of the introvert, and this movie was quite noisy. You should analyse your preferences, loud comedy or cerebral mystery. I have doubts that most Sherlock Holmes fans will enjoy this film.
Description of The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 04/04/2006 Run time: 91 minutes Rating: PgAfter co-writing and starring in Mel Brooks' smash hit Young Frankenstein, Gene Wilder graduated to his own directing debut with another spoofy take on a cultural icon. The 1975 Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother gives Wilder some great trademark meltdowns, even if the movie doesn't sustain its initial comic energy. Wilder plays Sigerson Holmes, third (and bitterly resentful) brother to the more fabled Sherlock and Mycroft. Two Young Frankenstein co-stars help bring the game afoot: Madeline Kahn, as an opera singer with a problem in distinguishing truth from lies, and Marty Feldman, as a Scotland Yard man with "photographic hearing." The long early sequence that introduces all three characters to each other--and culminates in a lunatic song-and-dance number, "The Kangaroo Hop"--is truly funny, and Dom DeLuise summons up some broad yoks as a singer with a bad toupee. The British are represented by Leo McKern and Roy Kinnear, as well as a mysterious cameo by Albert Finney. (Mel Brooks isn't around, but you can spot his unmistakable pipes in a moment of voiceover.) Things become routine fairly quickly, and the last half-hour is something of a slog, so you'll have to be a Gene Wilder fan to love this one. Still, the rapport of Wilder and Kahn is something to behold: two expert comedians who always suggested an undercurrent of melancholy beneath their clowning. --Robert Horton
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