It’s easy to imagine Ian McKellen playing Sherlock Holmes with a Gandalfian twinkle in his eye, but the first…

Cast
Ian McKellen (Sherlock Holmes)Laura Linney (Mrs. Munro)Hiroyuki Sanada (Tamiki Umezaki)Hattie Morahan (Ann Kelmot)Milo Parker (Roger)Patrick Kennedy (Thomas Kelmot)Roger Allam (Dr. Barrie)Phil Davis (Inspector Gilbert)Frances de la Tour (Madame Schirmer)Charles Maddox (Oswald)Takako Akashi (Maya Umezaki)Zak Shukor (Masuo Umezaki)John Sessions (Mycroft Holmes)Michael Culkin (Bank Manager)David Foxxe (Chemist)Oliver Devoti (Ticket Agent)Mike Burnside (Ann's Solicitor)Nicholas Rowe (Matinee 'Sherlock Holmes')
Director
Bill Condon
Synopsis
An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes deals with dementia, as he tries to remember his final case, and a mysterious woman, whose memory haunts him. He also befriends a fan, the young son of his housekeeper, who wants him to work again.