The entire effort may, I think, be ascribed to an insufficiency of imagination.

The plotting is weak, and ill-served by the movie's generally lackadaisical approach; but the dialogue is witty, and Wilder and Diamond get a lot of mileage out of the idea that Sherlock Holmes is as fragile as he is brilliant.

Billy Wilder's endearingly romantic The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is...worth seeing just for Alexandre Trauner's sets, especially a magical Baker Street.

... a sly, bittersweet, autumnal film that approaches the Holmes legacy with a sense of humor and a sense of respect.