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In this movie, Sherlock is 17, tall and emaciated with very bushy eyebrows looking quite unEnglish.

It is acted in a hammy sort of way, as if it were a filmed stage play.

There are plenty of eccentric characters besides Sherlock. All are given time to develop into individuals, even the evil henchmen.

The plot is quite James Bondian. The melodramatic villains repeatedly capture Sherlock, then either give him an escape test, give him a present, put him to sleep, present some elaborate charade, or just let him go. They never just shoot him. I could never figure out why they bothered capturing him.

There are lots of surprises, but that is mainly because the villains are bonkers.

Helen Chase as Aunt Rachel does a brilliant performance, I can't quite figure out what she did, but I instantly loathed her, sort of like Maggie Smith, but horrible. Some of her attributes include:

snobbery

putting people down, subtly

excessive concern with social status, fawning over those with higher status

complaining that others are not considerate of her

control freak

thief

continual references to her superior Christian virtue

Eva Griffiths, plays Charity, her spoiled brat of a child, who reminded me of a Pekinese. She was her mother in training.

The picture is cloudy, as if filmed at low res, and the frame is square, not letterbox. It was filmed in 9 TV episodes. 3 DVDs worth. This drags the story out a bit much. For example, the denouement takes an entire episode. It was stolen from the Wizard of Oz.

The "fight" scenes are amateurish to the extreme. You might see better in a high school play.

However, despite all its faults, it is entertaining and leaves you smiling.

Definitely worth the look. If you're a sherlockian don't miss this. Enjoy it for what it is. There's lots of little things that I won't reveal scattered throughout the episodes. See how many you can find. Definitely worth a look and very watchable. There's even the origin of the deerstalker.

This Sherlock Holmes story is different then many Sherlock's. He is young, curious, professional, respectful and kind.

It takes place in England and some of the characters are rude like a relative named Mrs Holmes. He lives with her for awhile and her daughter. His Uncle Gideon is an annoying man always eating and talking with his mouth full of food.

There are many characters in this. Some from India and others that are doctors and soldiers. Sherlock gets involved when a friend of his dies when they were supposed to meet.

Lots of surprises, lots of courage from Sherlock who is 6ft 4. The episodes are tense, boring. There is not much humor but lot's of mystery.

The first episode "The Young Master" is about 46 minutes long the other 7 episdoes are 23-25 minutes long your can watch on Youtube or download them. I would probably still watch "The Mystery of the Manor House again.