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The 2009 release of Sherlock Holmes , directed by , remains a landmark adaptation that successfully transitioned Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary detective into the modern blockbuster era. Starring Robert Downey Jr. as a bohemian, bare-knuckle-fighting Holmes and Jude Law as a more capable, veteran-inspired Dr. John Watson, the film grossed over $524 million worldwide and revitalised interest in the Victorian sleuth. A New Breed of Detective
Casting Jude Law as Watson was a masterstroke. Gone was the bumbling, portly sidekick often used for comic relief. Law’s Watson was a war veteran, a ladies' man, and a competent partner who was arguably the only person capable of tolerating Holmes’s eccentricities. The dynamic was less "master and servant" and more "bickering old married couple."