Enola Holmes Review: A new side of the detective family presented by Netflix
We all know the story of the famous private detective Sherlock Holmes. The story, which most of them don't know yet, is that of his younger sister Enola (Millie Bobby Brown), best known from (Stranger Things).
Netflix is now bringing this to home theaters. Actually, the star-studded strip should have landed on the big screen, but because of COVID-19, it moved to the streaming provider.
And so we accompany the 16-year-old from home on her first journey into a world full of danger and sexism, but also full of new possibilities. How worth seeing it is?
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Enola wakes up on her 16th birthday to find that her mother (Helena Bonham Carter) has disappeared without a trace. Whereby, not entirely without a trace. After all, Enola will give Enola a birthday present - a collection of flowers and a book with encrypted messages. So she decides her brilliant brothers, Sherlock (Henry Cavill) and Mycroft (Sam Claflin), to ask for help. But she didn't do the math with the latter. Because he wants to put her in a girls boarding school as her new guardian. Naturally, the 16-year-old doesn't think much of that. That same night she made the decision to run away to London. The goal: escape your fate and find your mother.
Fortunately, she taught her a lot - for example Jiu Jitsu - and so Enola manages to save the life of the same age, somewhat helpless-looking Lord Tewksbury (Louis Partridge). Just like Enola, he ran away from home, only that he is being followed by a killer. Although the two go their separate ways in London, Enola can't help but think of the young lord over and over again. At the latest when the hit man finds her, questions her and tortures her, Enola decides to help her new boyfriend before she can worry about her mother any more. But will she manage to track down Tewksbury before the killer does? And all before Mycroft finds her and puts her in boarding school?
Enola Holmes Review
The bar is set very high for this production. It is based on the first part of the Enola Holmes book series - The Fall of the Vanished Lord - by Nancy Springer , which was written from the first person perspective. This begs the question of how best to tell the film from Enola's point of view and the answer is easy: breaking through the fourth wall . The fact that she interacts with the viewer makes the book adaptation a lot more entertaining and humorous. Because something new is always happening, but somehow it always stays on the same topic, the film is confusing and lengthy at times - it takes these relaxing moments with Enola.
Hollywood always wants something more.
What has been less well implemented is the relationship between Enola and Lord Tewksbury. What ends up as a purely platonic friendship in the book naturally had to be blown up into a little love story in the film. This will probably go down well with the general public, but it wouldn't have needed those flying sparks.
By the way, while we're on the subject of emotions: The heirs of the famous Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle threatened Netflix, the production company Legendary Pictures, author Nancy Springer and publisher Penguin Random House with lawsuits in June. Why? Sherlock shows too many emotions in the books and the film and respects women. A change that comes from the still copyright-protected stories by Conan Doyle from 1923 to 1927 - so to portray Holmes would be a copyright infringement.
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The actors in the main roles have already proven their talent in other productions - and this time they deliver a strong performance. Above all Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown. She brings as much charm, humor and sympathy into her role as Enola Holmes as only she can. But the 16-year-old can also do differently: In more serious scenes with Henry Cavill (Sherlock) and Sam Claflin (Mycroft), she shows herself to be familiar, but still very distant. She is much more familiar with Helena Bonham Carter (Mrs. Holmes).
Conclusion
Although the viewer sometimes loses track of things, Enola Holmes remains a successful book adaptation. For a family evening on the couch, Enola Holmes is highly recommended. But fans of young adult mysteries and the Sherlock Holme stories will also get their money's worth.
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