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Young Sherlock Holmes

1985 · 109 min

A ripping Victorian adventure with eerie hallucination sequences and a warm friendship at its heart, brisk and handsomely mounted.

Directed by
Barry Levinson
Genres
Mystery, Adventure, Thriller
Tagline
Before a lifetime of adventure, they lived the adventure of a lifetime.
Overview
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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Directed by
Barry Levinson
Genres
Mystery, Adventure, Thriller
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • mystery
  • revenge
  • coming-of-age
  • betrayal
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror5
Humour4
Realism5
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
mystery, adventure, thriller
Directed by
Barry Levinson
Written by
Chris Columbus
Starring
Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan Fleetwood, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Matthew Ryan, Earl Rhodes
Music
Bruce Broughton
Cinematography
Stephen Goldblatt
Runtime
109 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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