‘Young Sherlock’ Review: Guy Ritchie’s Amazon Series Is Dumb Fun That’s More Dumb Than Fun

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text The next time Guy Ritchie makes a smart movie or television show will be the first, but he’s built a deservedly lengthy career from flashy projects that sometimes create alchemy out of fun and dumb. When Ritchie is good, the balance is more toward the “fun” side of the ledger. When Ritchie is bad, the balance is more toward the “dumb” side. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch ? Fun Ritchie. Swept Away and Aladdin ? Dumb Ritchie. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ? Fun Ritchie, then Dumb Ritchie, all in one. On the small screen? The Gentlemen is Fun Ritchie, MobLand is Dumb Ritchie. Related Stories Lifestyle Alexa+, Amazon's New AI Assistant, Now Has Three Personalities Business Amazon Gives Entertainment Giants a New TikTok-Fighting Tool: AI-Powered Vertical Video Tech Young Sherlock The Bottom Line A promising beginning and end sandwich a slog of a middle. Airdate: Wednesday, March 4 Cast: Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Donal Finn, Zine Tseng, Joseph Fiennes, Natascha McElhone, Colin Firth Creator: Matthew Parkhill Developed by: Guy Ritchie and Peter Harness Ritchie is so committed to fun and dumb that even when he took on Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle’s compulsively brainy gumshoe, he turned Holmes and Watson into Victorian pugilists, one of whom occasionally used deductive reasoning. The first Sherlock Holmes movie is Fun Ritchie and the second is Dumb Ritchie. The eight-episode Young Sherlock , airing on Amazon , tends more toward the dumb side of the ledger. Developed by Ritchie and Peter Harness, created by Matthew Parkhill, Young Sherlock claims Andrew Lane’s Young Sherlock Holmes novels as its adaptive source. Well, if Lane’s books were prequels to Doyle’s works only in the loosest of ways and this series is adapted from Lane...