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Rating:  - imaginative and thrilling Victorian-era adventure
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES is a very imaginative and entertaining addition to the Holmes Saga, detailing the boyhood of Holmes and Watson and their first brush with their most dangerous adversary...
As the story opens, Watson is the new mid-term arrival at Brompton, a boarding-school in the heart of Victorian-era London, where he quickly makes friends with charismatic senior student Sherlock Holmes.
On a quest to discover the reason why his mentor Waxflatter apparently killed himself, Holmes (Nicholas Rowe), girlfriend Elizabeth (Sophie Ward) and Watson (Alan Cox) are swept up into a horrifying adventure when they uncover a sinister revival of an Egyptian cult.
Filmed in 1985 (a fabulous time for fantasy films with "Return to Oz", "The Goonies", and "Labyrinth" also pushing the boundaries of the genre), YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES barely broke even when it was originally released and was supposed to have been the first entry in a new film franchise detailing the further exploits of Holmes and Watson as adolescents. The series was aborted but the following and admiration of this movie has only grown throughout the years. The entire cast is superb (and also features veteran British talents Susan Fleetwood, Freddie Jones, Nigel Stock and Anthony Higgins).
Check out this wonderful gem of a movie.
Rating:  - still waiting for the sequel
OVERALL, THIS IS A FUN FILM, WITH AN INTERESTING TAKE ON 'HOLMES,' NOT THOUGHT OF BEFORE. LIKE MANY PEOPLE, I WATCH THE CREDITS OF SOME FILMS. IN THIS CASE THE ACTION CONTINUES AND PRODUCES THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION LONG POSED BY FOLLOWERS OF MR HOLMES; "WHO IS THIS MORIARITY FELLOW?" IF YOU WATCH THE CREDITS YOU'LL FIND OUT TOO.
Rating: - Young Sherlock Holmes
Our family has watched the film three times already. Our 7yr old can't stop talking about it. It was great fun for everyone.
Rating: - Yay!
I've always loved this movie. Might bug some Holmes purists, but is a fun "what if". So happy to find it here on Amazon for so little.
Rating: - Pleasing if you Like Sherlock Homes!
If you are not so anal about the true stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and sherlock holmes this is a Excelent rendition of what Holmes might have been as a youth. Enjoyment for young and old.
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