Young Sherlock Holmes
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (aka YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE
PYRAMID OF FEAR) (PG)
D: Barry Levinson
Paramount/Amblin (Mark Johnson)
US 1985
109 mins
Adventure/Fantasy
W: Chris Columbus
DP: Stephen Goldblatt
Ed: Stu Linder
Mus: Bruce Broughton
PD: Norman Reynolds
Nicholas Rowe (Sherlock Holmes), Alan Cox (John Watson),
Sophie Ward (Elizabeth Hardy), Anthony Higgins (Moriarty), Freddie Jones (Chester Cragwitch)
Steven Spielberg's influence as executive producer is
apparent in this adventure of Sherlock Holmes as a schoolboy, meeting John Watson and investigating a mysterious cult who murder their victims by using hallucinatory agents.
The production design and visual effects are fantastic,
but it comes across as more of an Indiana Jones clone than anything written by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Looking back on it, it's still fairly enjoyable, but the
screenplay and performances fall short of the technical merit on display.
6/10
