... it's a perfectly agreeable family entertainment, a craftsmanlike fantasia on Conan Doyle.

| Jan 4, 2018

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 14, 2010

This is the origin story for the world's first consulting detective that Conan Doyle was never considerate enough to write for us...

| Mar 23, 2010

The idea to center on Holmes and Watson as young men is good and original but the execution is rather poor and Levinson's direction is impersonal.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 30, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 4, 2004

Squanders its start as a charming character study.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 21, 2004

Like a peacock showing its bright colours. Sadly, it's all about show, not substance.

Full Review | Original Score: 60/100 | Jul 20, 2004

Reveals that Holmes' true love is tortured to death in a big-budget extravaganza that provided the bastard sire for Jar Jar Binks.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 6, 2004

Big, silly, loud, nicely designed, and occasionally enjoyable.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 23, 2004

By the time Young Sherlock Holmes clangs to a close, the assets of the film are buried beneath an avalanche of unnecessary bells and whistles.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 22, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 8, 2004

There is something about Holmes's elegant, haunting, and whisperingly melancholic distance, his analytical remove from the world, that inspires a desire for glimpses of the baroque corridors of labyrinthine interiors.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 5, 2003

definitely worth a better reception than it's received over the years.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 23, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 25, 2003

Not so successful try to install some youth in the Holmes canon.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 20, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 11, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 3, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 9, 2002

If these story elements seem typical of Conan Doyle, there is also a lot in this movie that can be traced directly to the work of Steven Spielberg, the executive producer.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000