Enola Holmes, a drama/mystery about the teenage sister of famous detective Sherlock Holmes is not a terrible film.
Focused on Enola’s search for her newly missing mother (Helena Bonham Carter), which then leads to the teenager becoming a super-sleuth in her own right, Millie Bobby Brown is great in the lead role.
Henry Cavill and Sam Claflin as Enola’s big brothers Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes are also quite entertaining to watch; as are the moments of fun dialogue. Yet, overall, it’s really during the first two or three action sequences that I had the most fun.
Director Harry Bradbeer’s movie is quite engaging at first. It’s just that once the film’s first action sequence had taken place, I found myself disappointed because, not too long afterwards, my engagement started to drift, only to peak again during other physical scenes.
A young woman’s journey to choosing her path in life, regardless of pressures from many around her is what Enola Holmes is really about. I generally enjoy stories like these. Neverthless, even though there are moments in this movie that I’ll remember fondly, the story edit and pacing didn’t leave me as content with the finished product as anticipated.
Watch Enola Holmes if you’re curious. It is quite charming and Sam Claflin is great at playing unlikably cantankerous aristocrats. If you’ve seen him in The Riot Club (2014), you understand.
Happy Film Loving
G
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Yes, she’s undoubtedly talented.🤓
I think I’ll give it a miss 😉 Thank you for watching it for me! 🙂
I take it you’re simply not curious about it. 😁 Many people enjoyed it but It just didn’t have enough to grab my attentiontion in a way that made me esxcited most of the time.
As always, you’re very welcome!
😀 You can never tell from the trailers, but after reading what you thought, it doesn’t sound worth watching 🙂
I just watched this and really liked it. It was fun and entertaining. I thought Henry Cavill did a great job as Sherlock. Millie Bobby Brown was great as well. I really think this showed how well she can step away from playing Eleven from Stranger Things. I saw her in Godzilla as well. She was good in that, but I think in this, she really shined. Helena Bohham Carter was so good in this as well, though she can play so many different rolls. I would like to see more of Enola in the future.
I’m glad you had a good time. It is quite fun. I just wish I was more engaged and excited by it all than I ended up being.