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This film sits somewhere between a 6 and a 7 for me.

It's a light-hearted rom-com with some good performances from Lili Reinhart, Danny Ramirez and Luke Wilson in particular.

The stakes are a little low in both sides of this Sliding Doors-esque story in which one version of Natalie has a baby and one doesn't, so it never really feels like there's a lot of jeopardy for the main character regardless of her choice. But I do appreciate that neither side is painted as the 'wrong' or 'negative' choice, and that each story has a different love interest.

Far from groundbreaking, but some comfortable fluff I'd probably watch again.

Most negative reviews are about 'feminism' being unrealistic for this period drama, forgetting that the film takes place during the suffragette era.

That being said, the characters are practically unrecognisable for anyone who knows anything about Sherlock Holmes. Henry Cavill is terribly miscast, giving a sympathetic and sentimental performance as Sherlock, Sam Claflin is playing Mycroft as such a basic villain he might as well be replicating his performance as Mosley in Peaky Blinders, and Millie Bobby Brown has a tendency to overact throughout.

The plot line is also incredibly predictable, and there's really very little mystery to solve.