There's a demographic that this film is aimed and I'm pretty sure it's not middle-aged male. Alas, it didn't stop me from enjoying it a great deal.
The plot is aimed squarely at a teen demographic and follows a well-done follow the clues concept much in keeping with other Holmes stories.
The charm of this though is the first thing that got me. Millie Bobby Brown is a fantastic actor in Stranger Things but here she's getting to show her range. Quite astonishing that she's this good at such a young age. It put me in mind of Natalie Portman in Leon to see such assuredness - though the tone of the movies is world's apart.
There are some really fine performances from the supporting cast. Frances De La Tour (Rising Damp anyone?), the excellent Helena Bonham Carter, and an uncharacteristically strong performance from Henry Cavill. Perhaps it really is the DC material letting him down.
I welcome a sequel to see if they can make more of HBC or Cavill as the scenes with them and MBB worked best.
I'm too old to gush at the teen romance blossoming. And there were some scenes that took a little longer than necessary to execute bumping the runtime up unnecessarily.
The message about equality throughout is as subtle as a slap across the chops with a wet kipper... But the world is in flux at the moment and rightly this message needs hammering home.
All in all, I thought it was very well done and highly enjoyable. If it manifests as you'd hope and becomes the first in a series, then I await with bated breath.
Review by PorterUkVIP 5BlockedParent2020-10-10T03:19:43Z
There's a demographic that this film is aimed and I'm pretty sure it's not middle-aged male. Alas, it didn't stop me from enjoying it a great deal.
The plot is aimed squarely at a teen demographic and follows a well-done follow the clues concept much in keeping with other Holmes stories.
The charm of this though is the first thing that got me. Millie Bobby Brown is a fantastic actor in Stranger Things but here she's getting to show her range. Quite astonishing that she's this good at such a young age. It put me in mind of Natalie Portman in Leon to see such assuredness - though the tone of the movies is world's apart.
There are some really fine performances from the supporting cast. Frances De La Tour (Rising Damp anyone?), the excellent Helena Bonham Carter, and an uncharacteristically strong performance from Henry Cavill. Perhaps it really is the DC material letting him down.
I welcome a sequel to see if they can make more of HBC or Cavill as the scenes with them and MBB worked best.
I'm too old to gush at the teen romance blossoming. And there were some scenes that took a little longer than necessary to execute bumping the runtime up unnecessarily.
The message about equality throughout is as subtle as a slap across the chops with a wet kipper... But the world is in flux at the moment and rightly this message needs hammering home.
All in all, I thought it was very well done and highly enjoyable. If it manifests as you'd hope and becomes the first in a series, then I await with bated breath.
8/10