Major Web Review Sources under one site.
Rotten Tomatoes: By Flixter
Rating: 6.1/10
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a good yarn thanks to its well-matched leading men but overall stumbles duplicating the well-oiled thrills of the original.....Read Full Review
Entertainment Weekly: By Owen Gleiberman
Grade: B-
The movie's perversely cheeky design is that it throws away its own cleverness. Director Guy Ritchie loves whooshy, rapid-fire speed shifts, and uses them for hypnotic sequences.....Read Full Review
Times of India: By Nikhat Kazmi
Rating: 3.5/5
The film is a relentless action experience which gives enough to adrenaline hunters to get an overdose. Other than that is the atmospherics of the film that are admirable. But Too much action, infact it seems there is only action.....Read Full Review
The New York Times: By A. O. Scott
Rating: 3/5 (Readers)
Poor Sherlock. He is so desperate for attention, so needy — perhaps because of the competition from the likes of Tom Cruise and Tintin — that you are likely to reach the point of exasperation long before Watson does.....Read Full Review
Rediff: By Raja Sen
Rating: 4/5
Ideal holiday entertainment. This film has nothing whatsoever to do with the Sherlock Holmes character or the books, no matter how clumsily it tries to make Reichenbach Falls jokes. As self-indulgent rolls-in-the-hay go, it's a fair bit of fun.....Read Full Review
CNN: By Tom Charity
Thumbs: up
This Holmes is more likely to get physical than his predecessors, he's even a bit of a boor, but he's still a more cerebral action hero than we find in most blockbusters. No matter the movie has more than its share of good gags "Game of Shadows" is at least as much fun as its predecessor.....Read Full Review
Koimoi: By Roshni Devi
Rating: 2/5
What’s Good: The engaging action scenes; the scenes of one-upmanship between Robert Downey, Jr. and Jared Harris; the cinematography; the dialogues.
What’s Bad: The confusing plot and the story which seems to stretch a bit, both towards the end.
Verdict: Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows is a fair entertainer which will do good business....Read Full Review
Rolling Stone: By Peter Travers
Rating: 2/4
Director Guy Ritchie has done it again. He's wasted Robert Downey Jr. – an actor with the perfect verbal dexterity to play Sherlock Holmes. 2009's Sherlock Holmes was lousy, but it was also a big hit. So the sequel, A Game of Shadows, is more of the stupid same.....Read Full Review
