‘Holmes And Watson’ Clip: Selfies Do More Harm Than Good
Even the greatest detective of all time struggles a bit with a selfie. The latest clip from the upcoming comedyHolmes & Watsonshows the titular mystery-solving duo (Will FerrellandJohn C. Reilly) requesting a picture with Queen Victoria (Pam Ferris), and possibly inventing the selfie long before the word entered today’s lexicon. But as the clip continues, we learn that perhaps there’s a reason that Watson’s newfangled invention never caught on.
Holmes and Watson Clip
Get your dose of dumb, anachronistic humor with the latestHolmes & Watsonclip, which is full of duck-faces and selfie accidents
Detective Sherlock Holmes (Ferrell) and Dr. John Watson (Reilly) prove to be ahead of their time not with just their mystery-solving acumen, but for their innovations in the self-portrait arena, taking what Watson calls “a self-camera” while Holmes suggests to Queen Victoria that she purse her lips “like a duck-billed platypus.” But while the baffled Queen Victoria is initially game for the picture, things quickly go awry when the duo try to move the picture over to the window and end up knocking the queen out.
It’s the kind of crass physical humor that you’ll expect from a Ferrell and Reilly movie — hopefully it will end up being as good as their past collaborations such asStep Brothers,Anchorman, andTalladega Nights. I’m a little anxious that won’t be the case, with the scarcity of marketing for this movie apart from thefirst trailerand this newly released clip.
Written and directed byEtan Coen,Holmes & Watsonstars Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly,Rebecca Hall, Rob Brydon, Kelly Macdonald,andRalph Fiennes.
Here is the official synopsis forHolmes & Watson:
Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a murder at Buckingham Palace. They soon learn that they have only four days to solve the case, or the queen will become the next victim.
