Sherlock Gnomes (2018) Reviews

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much from this sequel but since Johnny Depp was involved and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, 7 long years after the 1^st instalment was released, who was actually asking for this movie? I mean, it’s not that ‘Gnomeo & Juliet’ was one of the worst animated features I have seen but it was also hardly remarkable and, back then, it definitely didn’t turn out to be a huge box-office success. Anyway, I have to admit that once again the animation was not bad at all and, at least, it was not much worse than its predecessor but, to be honest, it was pretty much the only positive things I could think of regarding this movie. Indeed, it was already pretty random to make a version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ starring some garden gnomes and adding Sherlock Holmes to the mix certainly made the whole thing even more scattered. At least, the detective angle was refreshing but, unfortunately, they came up with a story which managed to be seriously derivative but also too convoluted at the same time. Eventually, I felt mostly sad about Johnny Depp, who was actually the main reason why I wanted to check this flick. Indeed, if the best gig you can get is to do some voice-over work for the sequel of a 2^nd rate animated franchise, then you should know that your career is in trouble. Anyway, to conclude, even if the damned thing was rather harmless, it was still seriously tedious and I don’t think it is worth a look. Indeed, even for your kids, there are countless more fun CGI animated features out there for them.