Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Directed by Barry Levinson
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.
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If “Enola Holmes” also reminds you at several points, especially in the action scenes, of the work of Steven Spielberg, you may recall that he executive produced the 1985 hit “Young Sherlock Holmes.”
From Robert Downey Jr.’s successful franchise to the BBC adaptation with Benedict Cumberbatch to 1985’s mystery-adventure film Young Sherlock Holmes , modern audiences always want more from the world’s most famous detective.
Adapting the first book from 2006, The Case of the Missing Marquess , prolific screenwriter Jack Thorne ( His Dark Materials , Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ) essentially combines Guy Ritchie’s stylised Sherlock Holmes movies with Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), replacing darkness and edginess with fun and feminism.
Written by Jack Thorne (“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”) and based on Nancy Springer's young-adult books, “Enola” borrows certain aspects from the recent Robert Downey Jr. “Sherlock Holmes” movies and TV’s popular modern-day “Sherlock” with Benedict Cumberbatch, but thankfully it’s not a female-friendly reboot of 1985's “Young Sherlock Holmes.”
For fans of the Holmes character, his countless screen incarnations have also included "Young Sherlock Holmes" and Gene Wilder's comedic "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother."
One of the pic’s rare moments of inspiration comes in detailing Kronos’ backstory, presented in an impressive sequence in which Percy perceives a stained-glass window come to life (not in the freaky “Young Sherlock Holmes” sense, but as an elegant standalone animated interlude).
It’s like he’s playing “Young Sherlock Holmes.”
Oh, but yes it does and now he�s being framed for the murder committed by self-flaggelating albino monk, Silas (Paul Bettany), creating mayhem all over Paris like a disgraced Jedi crossed with the heavy of Young Sherlock Holmes.
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…up version of Barry Levinson's Young Sherlock Holmes.
Once more it resembles 1985's "Young Sherlock Holmes," which Columbus wrote--and that's not intended as a compliment.