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Sherlock Holmes - The Eligible Bachelor - Sherlock Holmes DVD Movie
 Based on 5 reviews.
.Reader Reviews 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: A Sherlock Holmes Masterpiece, June 8, 2003 Reviewer: Ian Low from Singapore This was the last of the full-length Sherlock Holmes films produced by Granada featuring Brett and Hardwicke. And it is also the best. Veering away from a more conventional approach, Eligible Bachelor (EB) features a more artsy and filmic approach by Peter Hammond, and in improving the original short story by Doyle, Trevor Bowen managed to wring out an exceptional script that turns the light hearted tone of the original into a dark, almost gothic masterpiece. Brett is at his best and considering his health problems at the time, his performance was just sensational. The production values were at its best and unlike the lackadaisal Last Vampyre, EB is gripping, and suspenseful till the end. As a full-length film, it is perhaps the best of almost all Sherlock Holmes filmes out there, atmospheric and authentic, but with the additional of the best Holmes and Watson ever to grace a screen. This may not the best place to start with Brett's Holmes, but it is certainly the pinnacle of an outstanding series that easily the better of 90 percent of all Hollywood films being released now. A Masterpiece.
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