Featured Audience Ratings

• Bathsheba M

  
  I might have loved this more if I didn't love Sherlock Holmes. But, I do. The plot seemed hopelessly contrived and the acting--with the notable exception of Watson--wooden. The sets were good, though, as were the costumes.

• Anthony L

  
  Young Sherlock Holmes was the must see film when I was at school in 1985. I remember it was the first film where I really appreciated the special effects, the scene where the stain-glass window comes to life in particular. I believe it was the first big gig for Pixar that really got… More
  Young Sherlock Holmes was the must see film when I was at school in 1985. I remember it was the first film where I really appreciated the special effects, the scene where the stain-glass window comes to life in particular. I believe it was the first big gig for Pixar that really got them started, it still looks good now. I did enjoy the film, then and on recent re-watch but I think it's a little disrespectful to Arthur Conan Doyle's story, forgivable but a little bit naughty. It's obviously been a huge influence to J.K. Rowling too, funny how Chris Columbus wrote this and then went on to direct Harry Potter, I can't help but think the Conan Doyle estate have a good case here (no s**t Sherlock).

• AJ V

  
  Described 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.… More
  Described 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't make it a horrible movie. It has some good action scenes, and it's structured as a normal kids mystery movie with both foreseen and unforeseen twists at the end. I'm not saying it was a good movie either, though. It has its share of boring talky scenes, but at least they made me laugh sometimes. Overall, it's an okay movie, not too bad, but not good either.

• Robert C

  
  Not nearly as interesting and fun as I remembered it.

• Greg S

  
  A 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… More
  A 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 scenes are well-done and creepy.

• Dean !

  
  A 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… More
  A 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 Spielberg was involved in the production and it shows. This film has a feel to it like the Mummy and Indiana Jones films. It also has some very good SFX for the time. If you have missed this film then you are missing out, track it down!

• xGary X

  
  Decent 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… More
  Decent 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 sensationalist facets of Conan Doyle's original stories. All in all a fun, atmospheric swashbuckler for kids.

• Tom E

  
  This 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

• Jason S

  
  A great adventure following a young detective on his first real case.

• Todd S

  
  I 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… More
  I 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 the whole premise of the movie is as a tribute, one I think he would have been very happy with. The story is a classic Holmes mystery and showing them as kids instead of well established investigators gave the story a whole new life. It's a fresh perspective on Sherlock Holmes that I really enjoyed.

• Doctor S

  
  Strangely enough the birthplace of modern digital effects. <i>Tron</i> began the digitization of the celluloid screen, but <i>Young Sherlock Holmes</i> first blended animated objects and creatures into the everyday world and not just in some abstract universe.… More
  Strangely enough the birthplace of modern digital effects. <i>Tron</i> began the digitization of the celluloid screen, but <i>Young Sherlock Holmes</i> first blended animated objects and creatures into the everyday world and not just in some abstract universe. The results, like the stained-glass knight, were eye-popping in their day.

• Sunil J

  
  Pretty dark and interesting. I love Sherlock Holmes.

• Marion R

  
  This is awesome! I love this movie

• Jim W

  
  Sherlock Holmes meets Watson at college. Soon after they meet, they are working together to solve a mystery. This is a charming movie with a good story. It almost even plays like a Harry Potter movie "without the magic" eventhough it was made years before a Potter book was… More
  Sherlock Holmes meets Watson at college. Soon after they meet, they are working together to solve a mystery. This is a charming movie with a good story. It almost even plays like a Harry Potter movie "without the magic" eventhough it was made years before a Potter book was even written.

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