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 enlarge | Director: David Attwood
Actors: Richard Roxburgh, Ian Hart, Richard E. Grant, Matt Day, John Nettles (ii)
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
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Rating:  63 reviews
Sales Rank: 36404
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DE1731E
ISBN: 0790774208
UPC: 794051173126
EAN: 9780790774206
ASIN: B0000797E7
Theatrical Release Date: January 19, 2003
Release Date: January 21, 2003
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 A Ripping Good Yarn January 20, 2003
D. Seebach (Wisconsin)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This Masterpiece Theatre production of arguably the most famous Sherlock Holmes tale takes several liberties with Doyle's novel, but the changes and spritely pace make this the most thrilling cinematic version so far. My library includes both the Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett versions, but I found this to be a terrific bit of filmmaking. Often, a "too faithful" film adaptation of a book produces a lifeless movie. Here, we have a very exciting work that, like the title Hound, races along with much intrigue and the clever handling of clues and red herrings. I enjoyed the under-played Holmes, the sturdy and individual Watson, a beautiful Miss Stapleton, and a very unctuous villain. If you wish to introduce someone to Doyle's famous detective, this is the film to show them. Then, let them read the book for further enjoyment (and, to them, some new surprises). I enjoyed this much more than I expected to.
 A Waste of the Baskervilles January 20, 2003
James E. Pendergrass (Durham, NC United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
That Roxburgh is unsuited to portray Holmes is uncomfortably obvious. He adds none of Holmes's charming eccentricities, struggles to voice the part, and hardly looks it either, especially when next to Grant, who himself would've been better at it. Hart and Nettles are physically unsuited for their roles as well. Add to a poorly cast lot a script that goes too far afield from the novel. Holmes's use of cocaine is overstated here, and his relationship with Watson is made to be one of the barest tolerance, rather than the one of enduring friendship and admiration Doyle created. The scenes that didn't appear in the novel at all border on silliness, contributing nothing. I can't see this film being of any value to an avid Sherlockian. Grant's performance is its only commendable feature, earning it two stars instead of one.
A great BBC dramatisation January 18, 2003
I had no pre-conceptions and i am not a Sherlock Holmes fan. I watched the film simply to enjoy it. And that i did. The setting was picturesque and this was a period drama with a little more than corsets. The acting was good and I throughly enjoyed the air of suspense created. A good film to watch one late saturday night.
 Unfaithful and miscast version. January 12, 2003
Rod Ball (London United Kingdom)
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is quite the worst "Hound of the Baskervilles" I have seen. It is nothing new to deviate from the Conan-Doyle story and although this doesn't do so often, it does it in pointless and unnecessary ways. The worst feature, however, is the miscasting of Holmes, who is so wooden he hardly registers at all, and Watson who is completely alien to Conan-Doyle's creation and dominates throughout as if he was the main character.
If this is an attempt to de-construct the Holmes story you can keep it.
Holmes fans beware! January 10, 2003
Keith Ducklin (Leeds, UK)
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
I must have watched a different film from that of some of my fellow reviewers - though if, as in one case at least, watching this film has inspired someone to read the original stories, who am I to complain?I think this is a dismal retelling of the story. Half the plot is missing, the relationship between Holmes and Watson hints at nothing of Conan Doyle's mutual respect and affection, and it is singularly disconcerting to have the hero cast so physically against type while the villain appears as the very incarnation of Holmes. There is also a ridiculous scene in which Holmes turns to cocaine in order to improve his deductive faculties, when, in the original stories, it is made quite clear that Holmes never resorts to the drung except when he is bored senseless. To add insult to injury, the locations, sets and costumes are not only at odds with those described in the book, but almost entirely inaccurate in terms of period detail. The one good thing is the CGI hound, which, for once, has something of the satanic appearance described in the book. Sadly, a dud.
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