When you make an American or French comic movie, the little you can do is showing originality, talent and sharpness. The director, Jeannot Swarc didn't seem to respect these rules. His movie, "Hercule et Sherlock" is far from being a success. The three adjectives that I would choose to describe this movie are: hollow, labored and uninspired. Moreover, he's using several threadbare topics and especially this one: two main characters with a different temperament and who are compelled to work and stay together. One of them is afraid of dogs (the sequence when Richard Anconina is eating a pizza like a dog is particularly laughable. Let's add uninspired dialogs that vainly attempt to make laugh and you get a movie which the comic often falls flat because it gives an impression of "déjà-vu". But you can prefer this movie instead of the dismaying "soeurs soleil" made by the same director.
Review of Hercule & Sherlock
