A Study in Scarlet fingerprintLight on feelings.
Calm and low-key
Nostalgic
Some sharp wit
Not a comedy at heart.
Mystery, crime, and history
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
A Study in Scarlet is calm and low-intensity.
Nostalgic
Emotionally, it's nostalgic.
Some sharp wit
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some sharp wit.
Mystery, crime, and history
Its world is built around mystery, crime, and history.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 68/100 (IMDb 5.6 and Rotten Tomatoes 93%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 12 min
A Study in Scarlet runs 1 h 12 min.
Not quite. Critics rate A Study in Scarlet higher (93) than audiences (36). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
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TV Tropes lists 13 storytelling tropes for A Study in Scarlet, including Advertised Extra, Alliterative Title, Amoral Attorney.
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