This film could have been a great adventure, but the biggest letdown of this film was the sexism. I understand women feel misrepresented in films and want more of the spotlight, and we should as film makers create more diversity, with more diverse cast etc. And women feel insulted by films and TV when they are not the focus. But that doesn't mean you can completely flip it onto men. If it's about equality, why are we accepting women characters referring to the male characters as 'useless' and other derogatory terms. Not all men are 'useless boys'. This is demeaning for a bloke and I'm fed up with seeing it in every film made for feminist reasons. Stereotypes of women aren't allowed, so why are stereotypes of men? With Mycroft being a horrible person and so controlling? To please a certain crowd by showing the viewer that the world apparently doesn't need men, as Enola doesn't need a father or her brothers, the men are not needed. I wonder if I made a Sherlock Holmes film with that in it against women. Without that, this film would have just made it, with an exceptional cast to fill the roles. The sense of adventure was great, the only other things that made this film lack were the unnecessary fourth wall breaking and the structure of the film. We seem to completely switch narratives at one point, which is very random and it does jar out quite big. Fourth wall breaking is risky, as it is done so seamlessly in Deadpool without fault, it can be hard to replicate, and it has to fit the story and the character. But for this film, it didn't work. It didn't suit her character and all these bits felt pointless and cringe worthy, not funny or smart or clever. It wouldn't have even worked with Sherlock, because that's not his character type. I find with adaptations, it only works if the source material is the same. So apart from the constant insults to men, meaningless fourth wall breaking and complete change in narrative, the film was alright. Henry Cavill was a great Sherlock.