At this point ever since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle released his best selling novella of England's most famous fictional distinctive, there have been countless adaptations from stage to TV and even film, and each one no matter the budget seemed to be focused on the cases, but never about his life. We all know about his older brother Mycroft, the politician who likes to keep status in government untarnished. But it seems noone really knew of a sister, Enola which as Millie Bobby Brown points out in Netflix's Enola Holmes it spells alone backwards. And it seems like this could be the start of a franchise in waiting, if it was to succeed, in that case since its on Netflix that has to be up to the audience numbers. That may or not be difficult thanks to Brown's effervescent attitude towards the character, the 16 year-old English actress gives a brilliant performance bringing her character life in fact for effort it's an 11. But for everything else it seems that there could've been a lot more lighter in the story though thanks to Brown and Henry Cavill's more suave take on Sherlock Holmes and it's definitely a lighter tone than both of Guy Ritchie's takes. Director Harry Bradbeer makes this world enchanting to disappear into and in Enola, Brown seems to have found her crowning glory. Granted it succeeds in the embodiment of female power but lacks in its subtlety, thankfully other than that Enola Holmes and Brown offer a fine and fun adventure that needs more work done to it maybe if it does become a franchise, it can improve its standards along the way. It's also slightly too long. 3/5.
Review of Enola Holmes
