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Honestly, this isn’t a good review of the movie, because I can’t get past the first 15 minutes. I do not agree with this interpretation of Mycroft’s character. Yes, Mycroft is has a bit of a stick up his arse, but in the books, he is solely concerned with Sherlock’s welfare. He’s sneaky and sly and does shady things, but he loves his family. Yet, in this show, Mycroft comes storming in, disparaging his mother, insulting his sister, and he doesn’t even know how Enola looks like. If this were Mycroft from the books, even if he left home and didn’t contact his family, he’d somehow find a way to sneakily spy on them, and would know the state of affairs. In the books, Mycroft is the ultimate armchair detective. Furthermore, when looking in the home Mycroft asks Sherlock for his deduction on the clues in his house. What blasphemy! As if Mycroft isn’t so much smarter and better at deduction than Sherlock. It’s Sherlock that comes to Mycroft for help when he’s stuck, not the other way around. Mycroft comes to Sherlock when he doesn’t want to do the legwork, not because he isn’t intelligent enough to figure it out. Perhaps I’ll watch the movie someday, when I get over the mistreatment of Mycroft’s character, and when I can dissociate the Mycroft of the books from the Mycroft of this movie. Sherlock turning down his sister’s request for help?! Sherlock may be aloof and eccentric and a little unique, but he goes out of his way for the people around him. He steps on people’s toes not because he doesn’t care, but because he doesn’t care for social conventions. How dare he say it’s out of his hands. Sherlock has a ginormous ego. The more impossible and unsolvable a case seems, the more he leaps at it to solve it. Here’s a conundrum in front of him, and he rejects it? This isn’t the Sherlock I know. Who is this? I respect hidden family member’s turning up, and new storylines being made as an extension of their universe, if scriptwriters and directors use Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes’ names and reputations, I expect their characters to be appropriately reflected as well. Else, just write new characters with new backstories, and don’t besmirch my beloved Sherlock!