Holmes and Watson visit a tavern, there is a close-up of a belly dancer’s stomach and the barman asks ‘What can I get for you boys? Drink, food, women?’ The patrons are stereotypes of Middle Eastern or Egyptian people although this is mostly in background. The vicar is so terrified that he runs out and is run over and killed by a carriage. It slowly approaches with it’s bloody sword drawn. a slightly larger character is made fair game for mockery for that reason alone) it is a real shame that the filmmakers decided that they needed to put Watson down in this way, He is brave and intelligent throughout and you may wish to have a conversation with your child about the negative effects of mocking someone’s appearance.Ī vicar in a church is hit with a dart and sees the knight in the stained glass window jump out at him. Although no different to the usual attitudes of movies at the time (i.e. Watson also experiences a hallucination revolving around food. For example, when Holmes first meets Watson he says ‘Your shape convinced me you’ve eaten many (custard tarts) before’ and another character calls him ‘(Holmes’) podgy friend’. Therefore there are several jokes throughout the film at his expense. Watson is portrayed as being overweight (although the actor playing him is only a little larger than average). A short while later, the man believes he is in a burning room which makes him throw himself out of a window to his death. The man sits down to eat his meal but, when he cuts into the bird, it bleeds and then attacks, clawing and pecking aggressively at his face and hands (some blood is seen). They blow a dart into his neck which makes him hallucinate. A character flippantly says ‘It took four policemen to stop me hanging myself!’Ī man walks down a street at night and is unknowingly followed by a hooded figure. There are numerous references to suicide throughout the movie. CONTENT: IS ‘YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES’ SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN? The game is unlikely to be so afoot anytime soon. If you’re at all a fan of Sherlock Holmes, this movie has so much to enjoy, so give it a go. Such threat is spiced up with several scenes of hallucinations that stand up to scrutiny almost 40 years later which is no surprise when you realise that Pixar were behind at least one key sequence ‘Young Sherlock Holmes’ was the first feature film to include an entirely CGI character! ‘Young Sherlock Holmes’ is in classic Holmes territory by involving a cult and particularly unpleasant deaths of human sacrifices (accompanied by a beautifully dramatic score that evokes the music of Carl Orff). Cox is hardly overweight (he is, however, always in frumpy clothes) and, anyone standing next to the tall and elegant Rowe is bound to look larger in comparison! Elizabeth (Sophie Ward) is the usual female support but keeps up with the men well. Sadly the decision was made to make Watson (Alan Cox) the comedy foil with regular jokes at the expense of his weight sprinkled among the dialogue. Instead this fresh approach enriches the world in which Holmes lives in. As one of the older boys at a boarding school he deals with typical school boy issues such as first loves and bullies, but thankfully these don’t overtake the overall plot of the murder mystery. In ‘Young Sherlock Holmes’, Nicholas Rowe plays the titular hero. Looking at Holmes’ youth is a good way to speculate on how he became the almost superhuman detective we know as an adult. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s super sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, is a character that continues to intrigue and excite audiences over a century after his first appearance inevitably there will be different iterations as time goes on. ![]() Genres: Period, Thriller REVIEW: ‘YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES’ Young Holmes and Watson have to solve the secret behind hallucinogenic dart attacks perpetrated by a secret organization, while contending with bullying schoolmates and a traitorous "ally".Starring: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward It is a well-paced, well-acted film in which the special effects are cunningly integrated into the plot (without losing sight of the fact that this is a detective film). ![]() However, this movie has an extremely clever and well-thought out script by Chris Columbus: it imagines a first-time meeting between Holmes and Watson in boarding school where they get entangled in their first mystery, and explains the reasons for all of Holmes trademarks - the pipe, seersucker, celibacy, etc. My wife and I think that this is an excellent, underrated film that was unjustly criticized for using lots of CGI (which normally would not be necessary for a Sherlock Holmes film) and for having a sacrificial sequence that was similar to the one in "Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom". We have had this unsung gem on VHS and decided it was time to buy it on DVD.
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