Mr. Holmes (2015)
Milo Parker: Roger
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Quotes
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Sherlock Holmes : I've decided to write the story down; as it was, not as John made it. Get it right, before I die.
Roger : You're not going to die.
Sherlock Holmes : I'm 93.
Roger : I had a great-uncle who lived to be 102.
Sherlock Holmes : Well done. That seals my fate. What are the odds that you would know two men who would live that long?
Roger : Well, I didn't actually know him.
[Holmes laughs]
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Roger : You ever been bitten by a bee?
Sherlock Holmes : Stung! Bees don't have teeth! Yes, I have.
Roger : But not often, though.
Sherlock Holmes : 7,816 times. I keep a record.
[Mrs. Munro appears while Roger is smoking the hive]
Sherlock Holmes : Well, not entirely dreadful.
Mrs. Munro : You ever been bit?
Sherlock Holmes : No. I have never been bit.
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[Holmes explains a series of deductions about his last client]
Roger : But all that just told you he was married. How did you know he'd come to see you about his wife?
Sherlock Holmes : [smiles] Because when you're a detective, and a man comes to see you, it's usually about his wife.
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Roger : I shouldn't have said what I said.
Mrs. Munro : Lesson there, then. Don't say everything you think.
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Roger : She wants me to be a bootblack!
Mrs. Munro : Roger!
Roger : She wants me to do what she does!
Mrs. Munro : There's no shame in what I do!
Roger : You complain enough about it! Always going on about how hard things are.
[to Holmes]
Roger : She can barely read!
[Mrs. Munro storms out of the room]
Sherlock Holmes : Go after her. Apologize for saying things that were meant to hurt. You were cruel! If you don't apologize, you will regret it.
Roger : People always say that.
Sherlock Holmes : Because it's true.
Roger : Do *you* regret anything?
Sherlock Holmes : [with feeling] So much.
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[last lines]
Roger : [explaining to his mother the same way Mr. Holmes explained to him] The queen runs the colony. Drones service the queen. The workers do the work.
Mrs. Munro : Isn't it true...
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Mrs. Munro : [Coming into a side room in their cottage and seeing Roger staring at himself intently in a mirror, raising his eyebrows, turning slightly as he assesses himself from various angles] What are you doing?
Roger : Trying to see if I can tell where I've been.
Mrs. Munro : Don't you know?
Roger : Mr. Holmes can tell things like that just from looking at a person.
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Roger : Mum says you throw out most of the letters you get.
Sherlock Holmes : And why do you think that is?
Roger : The people who write want you to solve things. If you read their letters, you'd want to help.
Sherlock Holmes : Oh, no. You give me too much credit. It's just if I were to read them, I'd feel obliged to respond.