What's the Difference between A Slight Trick of the Mind the Book and Mr. Holmes the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
Sherlock Holmes
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Sherlock Holmes
Portrayed by: Ian McKellen
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Mrs. Munro
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Mrs. Munro
Portrayed by: Laura Linney
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Roger Munro
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Roger Munro
Portrayed by: Milo Parker
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Tamiki Umezaki
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Tamiki Umezaki
Portrayed by: Hiroyuki Sanada
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Ann Kelmot
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Mrs. Keller
Portrayed by: Hattie Morahan
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Mr. Keller
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Thomas Kelmot
Portrayed by: Patrick Kennedy
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Dr. Baker
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Dr. Barrie
Portrayed by: Roger Allam
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Constable Tom Anderson
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Inspector Gilbert
Portrayed by: Phil Davis
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| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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Holmes dislikes some of Mrs. Munro’s cooking and tells her so. He does praise the dishes he likes though. |
Nothing about Mrs. Munro’s cooking. |
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Holmes brought home a kusun-gobu, a short sword from Japan. |
Holmes does not bring a sword home from Japan.
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14 year old Roger has been skillfully caring for Holmes’ bee hives when he was away. |
Roger had not yet learned how to care for the bees at the beginning of the film. Roger is 12-13. |
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Holmes read some of Watson’s works about his cases and thought that they were superficial. Watson responded that Holmes should try writing books himself, Holmes gave up after two stories were written and apologized to Watson for his criticism. Holmes had a high regard for Watson’s intellect. |
Holmes did not read any of Watson’s books about him until after Watson died.
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When Holmes arrived in Kobe Japan, he is met by Mr. Umezaki and Hensuiro, a man who lives with Mr. Umezaki and is introduced as his brother, but is not. Hensuiro is an artist. |
Holmes is only met by Mr. Umezaki upon his arrival in Japan. |