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CS Weekly Archive > DVD > 09/14/07
Elementary, Dr. Watson
by jason davis
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle
Based on the character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
 
 
Originally broadcast on Children's BBC, Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars finds the world-famous detective (Jonathan Pryce) framed for the murder of multiple Scotland Yard inspectors. While the sleuth is in custody, it falls to his tightly knit band of street urchins, the eponymous Irregulars, to ferret out the evildoer even as they search for one of their own who was lost in action. Writers Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle (recently of the BBC's new Robin Hood) craft an exciting two-part adventure populated by well-drawn juvenile characters. Each of the Irregulars is elegantly defined and fully formed from the earliest scenes, and though there's no evidence to confirm the fact, the adventure seems like the pilot of an ongoing series. All the tropes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved stories are present, with the kids using Holmes' methods to solve the case. Holmes himself is marvelously rendered with a calculating edge that makes the viewer question whether the kids are protégés or pawns in his game.
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Acorn Media
Not Rated; 114 min.
$24.99
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Jason Davis has been the DVD Manager for CS Weekly , has been a contributing editor for Creative Screenwriting Magazine, and has written for Cinescape.com, MSN.com, and created the TV series Studio 13, which ran on Lorne Michaels' Burly TV network. He lives in the small space left over by his ever-expanding library of books, movies, and music.
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars courtesy Acorrn Media
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