Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0086162106330
Format: NTSC
Release Date: January 01, 2001
Running Time: 91 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 1975
Sales Rank: 35583

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
After co-writing and starring in Mel Brooks' smash hit Young Frankenstein, Gene Wilder graduated to his own directing debut with another spoofy take on a cultural icon. The 1975 Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother gives Wilder some great trademark meltdowns, even if the movie doesn't sustain its initial comic energy. Wilder plays Sigerson Holmes, third (and bitterly resentful) brother to the more fabled Sherlock and Mycroft. Two Young Frankenstein co-stars help bring the game afoot: Madeline Kahn, as an opera singer with a problem in distinguishing truth from lies, and Marty Feldman, as a Scotland Yard man with "photographic hearing." The long early sequence that introduces all three characters to each other--and culminates in a lunatic song-and-dance number, "The Kangaroo Hop"--is truly funny, and Dom DeLuise summons up some broad yoks as a singer with a bad toupee. The British are represented by Leo McKern and Roy Kinnear, as well as a mysterious cameo by Albert Finney. (Mel Brooks isn't around, but you can spot his unmistakable pipes in a moment of voiceover.) Things become routine fairly quickly, and the last half-hour is something of a slog, so you'll have to be a Gene Wilder fan to love this one. Still, the rapport of Wilder and Kahn is something to behold: two expert comedians who always suggested an undercurrent of melancholy beneath their clowning. --Robert Horton




Rating: - Enjoyable but lacking that little extra
As a child, I thought this 70s Sherlock Holmes' parody, was brilliant. Sadly, now, decades later, I see and realize the tarnished elements to the film.

Gene Wilder, fresh from his brilliant performance in Young Frankenstein does do a fine job in the role of a bitter and pompous younger brother to the more known Holmes. However, outside of one case mentioned (that of the Three Testicles, a throw-away line), we have no idea how good of a 'consulting detective he is.' There are moments ... Read More

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Rating: - Holmes boy
Very funny. Gene Wilder is up to form as usual. It turns out his older brother is actually smarter, but is kind enough to make his brother think he's the smarter one. Dom De Luise is funny as ever. A must see just for kicks.

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Rating: - The Adventure of sherlock Holme's Smarter Brother
I didn't purchase this product for myself. I ordered it for a friend of mine. He says that it is a typical Gene Wilder movie. If you like Blazing Saddles , you'll probably enjoy this one.

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Rating: - Sherlocks Smarter Brother
Took forever to locate this DVD. Thanks to Amazon, I found it and found the price to be right and the DVD good quality. This is a very funny movie. It's "old", but holds up well.

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Rating: - Finally on DVD
This is a well written comedy that should have been out on DVD long ago. Marty Feldmand, Gene wilder and Madeline Kahn always worked well together. Fans of Sherlock Holmes will find this amusing.

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