Will Ferrell and John C Reilly's take on Sherlock Holmes didn't exactly go down a storm when it was released at Christmas.

Holmes & Watson was absolutely slated across the board, earning 10% on Rotten Tomatoes and picking up six Golden Raspberry nominations.

One reviewer mused "how so many funny people have been squeezed into such an unfunny movie".

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However, you'd think that associates of the cast – say, someone like Steve Coogan, who recently worked with Reilly on the more acclaimed Stan & Ollie – would at least have something good to say?

Well… nope. In fact, the Alan Partridge actor called Holmes & Watson "shit", and thinks time will not do it any favours either.

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"In 20 years' time, when all the dust has settled and people are able to look at that film objectively, they'll still think it's shit," Coogan said at a Q&A after a This Time with Alan Partridge screening.

Burn.

In other Coogan news, the actor is reprising his iconic role of Partridge in the aforementioned This Time with Alan Partridge, which will finally see him bounce back to get a series on the BBC.



This Time with Alan Partridge starts Monday, February 25 at 9.30pm on BBC One.

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