this be a great fun and adventurous and mystery movie and with also supernatural element in it and which focus on a very young sherlock holmes and solve his very first crime . it never have be a big secret that director barry levison be a steven spielberg admirer . spielberg hand a a producer be definitely notable in this movie . it feature the same adventurous element and humor and that be also always feature in his early movie . for instance some of the sequence and moment in this movie really remind me mostly of the first two indiana jones movie and which he already have make before this movie . i also like the use of shadow within the movie and most likely also touch from spielberg and who be a michael curtiz fan . some of the sequence within this movie be an obvious reference to the work of curtiz . also quite fun to notice that the touch of writer chris colombus be notable . some element show some remarkable similarity to the early harry potter movie and on which colombus work a a director . but i also have to admit that the movie it story and write by chris columbus and be rather simplistic . it doesn not take away the fact that this be still a fun movie to watch and but it at the same time also prevent the movie from be a truly great one . a the movie progress it pretty obvious to where the movie be head . so there be no real surprise and it pretty clear from the beginning on who be the true good and bad guy of the movie . it also true that in the end the movie be just a bit too supernatural and which go at the expense of the credibility of the movie and story . the movie be good look and with a nice pleasant and historic atmosphere all over it and good look set and costume . the movie far more also feature the very first to have a completely cgi character . how be that for movie history . the effect be already great look and which also go for most of the other effect in this movie . the musical score by bruce broughton be truly great . it amaze how this guy have never get more big project . he even an one time oscar nominee after all . his last big project be the movie lose in space and from 1998. the acting of the movie isn not much special . no wonder non of the young actor ever quite make it in the movie world . there be some good and interesting secondary character and but those get mostly push toward the background . so and the movie be perhaps focus a bit too much on just the main character and which be also understandable and consider the icon that sherlock holmes be . it a great fun and simplistic little movie to watch and as long a your expectation for it aren not too big . positive .