Nicolas Rowe,
Alan Cox,
Sophie Ward,
Anthony Higgins,
Susan Fleetwood
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Also released under the title Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear, this film follows the adventures of young John Watson (Alan Cox) when he is shipped off to boarding school and meets up wit... read more
DVD Release Date: December 2, 2003
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Flixster Reviews (427)
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December 19, 2011Described as "fan-fiction" by my Sherlock Holmes book fan brother, and by me as "a good kids movie". Yes, the film makes it perfectly clear, twice, that this story is not part of any of the books about Holmes, or anything written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at all. But that doesn... read more
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October 10, 2009A schoolboy Sherlock, with a fussy young Watson in tow, investigates a series of murders by an occult group who use a hallucinogenic drug to justify the film's special effects budget. Good, overlooked Spielberg-produced adventure for kids, and the aforementioned hallucination sc... read more
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May 25, 2009A great all too little known film from '86. Set in Sherlock Holmes school days setting the story background as he becomes the worlds most famous detective. I remember seeing this at the cinema and is just the sort of film full of action and adventure everyone should love. Steven ... read more
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July 14, 2007Decent reinvention of the classic detective, seeing him solve his first crime as a schoolboy. It ups the action side of things to appeal to fans of The Goonies and it's ilk, and features some surreal hallucinatory moments and unfriendly natives that reflect the more sensationalis... read more
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July 5, 2007This is a very good Pre-quel to the other Sherlock Holmes stories -- I'm sorry we haven't seen more of the Cox boy -- He was a first rate actor in this
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February 25, 2011I am by no means a fan of Sherlock Holmes, but being that this was a collaboration between Spielberg, Columbus, & Levinson, I had to give it a shot. They make it clear from the beginning that everything is speculation, nothing comes from the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and that t... read more
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Critic Reviews
March 23, 2010
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher
June 30, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
The idea to center on Holmes and Watson as young men is good and original but the execution is rather poor and Levinson's direction is impersonal. Full Review
August 21, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Squanders its start as a charming character study.
July 20, 2004
Ryan Cracknell, Apollo Guide
Like a peacock showing its bright colours. Sadly, it's all about show, not substance. Full Review
July 6, 2004
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Reveals that Holmes' true love is tortured to death in a big-budget extravaganza that provided the bastard sire for Jar Jar Binks. Full Review
May 23, 2004
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Big, silly, loud, nicely designed, and occasionally enjoyable.
February 22, 2004
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
By the time Young Sherlock Holmes clangs to a close, the assets of the film are buried beneath an avalanche of unnecessary bells and whistles. Full Review
December 5, 2003
Joshua Vasquez, Slant Magazine
There is something about Holmes's elegant, haunting, and whisperingly melancholic distance, his analytical remove from the world, that inspires a desire for glimpses of the baroque corridors of labyri... Full Review
November 23, 2003
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
definitely worth a better reception than it's received over the years. Full Review
June 20, 2003
Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Not so successful try to install some youth in the Holmes canon.
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