{"id":23656,"date":"2012-02-03T10:32:30","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T17:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23656"},"modified":"2021-02-27T21:07:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T04:07:49","slug":"seven-per-cent-solution-the-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23656","title":{"rendered":"Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The (1976)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I am on the case, and you have placed me there: now you must be good enough to follow my instructions.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Per-Cent-Solution-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Per-Cent-Solution-Poster-1-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-60091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Per-Cent-Solution-Poster-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Per-Cent-Solution-Poster-1-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Per-Cent-Solution-Poster-1-177x270.jpg 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Per-Cent-Solution-Poster-1.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDr. Watson (Robert Duvall) tricks Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) into traveling to Vienna to visit Dr. Freud (Alan Arkin), in hopes of encouraging him to cure his cocaine addiction. Once there, Holmes temporarily forgets his obsession with his arch-enemy Moriarty (Laurence Olivier) by assisting with a case involving a beautiful, drug-addicted singer (Vanessa Redgrave).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Arkin Films<\/li>\n<li>Alcoholism and Drug Addiction<\/li>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Herbert Ross Films<\/li>\n<li>Laurence Olivier Films<\/li>\n<li>Robert Duvall Films<\/li>\n<li>Samantha Eggar Films<\/li>\n<li>Sherlock Holmes Films<\/li>\n<li>Vanessa Redgrave Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nCritical opinions are highly mixed about this Oscar-nominated adaptation of Nicholas Meyer&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Seven-Per-Cent_Solution\">best-selling novel<\/a> (scripted by Meyer himself), which fancifully explores the consequences of Sherlock Holmes seeking help for his deep-seated cocaine addiction from Sigmund Freud. It&#8217;s a clever conceit, and works wonderfully well &#8212; at least until the screenplay suddenly shifts (in its final 45 minutes) to an outlandish cross-country chase, which many (myself included) agree is an inappropriate tonal direction for the story to take. Regardless, there&#8217;s plenty in this lushly produced movie for both film fanatics and Holmes fans to enjoy, starting with fine performances by the lead actors &#8212; most notably Nicol Williamson as Holmes himself. Williamson was better known on stage than on-screen, but his invigorating performance here makes one wish he&#8217;d been given more leading cinematic roles. Duvall is appropriately stalwart and loyal as Dr. Watson, and Arkin imbues Freud with just the right amount of self-confidence and quiet brilliance to be convincing. Holmes and Freud are indeed &#8212; as imagined here by Meyer &#8212; a perfectly matched pair of deductive minds; it&#8217;s refreshing to see Holmes humbled just enough to receive help in solving his lifelong neurotic antipathy towards Moriarty. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nicol Williamson as Sherlock Holmes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Williamson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Williamson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Williamson.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Williamson-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Williamson-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Robert Duvall as Dr. Watson<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Duvall.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Duvall.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Duvall.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Duvall-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Duvall-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alan Arkin as Dr. Freud<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Arkin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Arkin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Arkin.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Arkin-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Arkin-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wonderful period sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Sets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Sets.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Sets.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Sets-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Seven-Percent-Sets-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s highly recommended, and a must for Holmes fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0075194\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1830&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/89647\/the-seven-per-cent-solution#articles-reviews?articleId=111437\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/74361\/the_seven-per-cent_solution.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I am on the case, and you have placed me there: now you must be good enough to follow my instructions.&#8221; Synopsis: Dr. Watson (Robert Duvall) tricks Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) into traveling to Vienna to visit Dr. Freud (Alan Arkin), in hopes of encouraging him to cure his cocaine addiction. Once there, Holmes temporarily forgets his obsession with his arch-enemy Moriarty (Laurence Olivier) by assisting with a case involving a beautiful, drug-addicted singer (Vanessa Redgrave). Genres: Alan Arkin Films&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23656\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23656"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69922,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23656\/revisions\/69922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}